“As a result of the sanctions, all property and interests in property held by the individuals and subject to U.S. jurisdiction were blocked, while other persons were blocked from having financial transactions with them.”
United States Attorney for Nebraska District, Joe Kelly and Special Agent in charge of Federal Bureau of Investigation , Omaha Field Office, Kristi K. Johnson, have opened fraud charges against six Nigerians.
The defendants were charged for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, punishable by 20 years of imprisonment and a fine of $250,000, identity theft and access device fraud, punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000. While Aniyeloye was sentenced in the Nebraska District to 96 months imprisonment for wire fraud, Ijomone got a 60-month sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.Because of the BEC schemes in the unsealed indictment, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control had imposed financial sanctions on the six fugitives.
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