A Nigerian scammer will be spending over seven years in the United States, US prison for participating in some fraudulent activities that realised about two million dollars.
Mr Jabin Godspower Okpako, the scammer, was sentenced for conspiring to siphon millions of dollars via mail and wire processes, targeting women in their mid-fifties and above.
The US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Okpako, 36, was sentenced on November 23, 2021, by US District Court Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann.
In a statement attributed to the United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, he revealed that Okpako and his wife, Christine Bradley Okpako, age 54, an accomplice, laundered money through numerous banks and wire transactions in multiple states.
He noted that the couple transferred the funds out of the United States to three separate bank accounts in Nigeria after scamming multiple female victims throughout the United States, ranging from 55 to 85.
The victims had visited online games, relationship and dating websites, including Instagram, Facebook, Words with Friends, and WhatsApp.
