Nigerian Man jailed for online fraud in US
Nigerian Man jailed for online fraud in US
A Nigerian man, Edikan Adiakpan, has been sentenced to two and half years in a federal prison for his involvement in an illegal email scam in the United States.
His jail term will be followed by three years of supervised release according to a judgment delivered by a US District Judge Andrew Hanen in Houston.
A press release by the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, on Thursday, revealed that the 35-year-old pleaded guilty on May 12.
At the hearing, the court heard evidence that from 2020 to 2022, Adiakpan used a company he controlled and advertised as a luxury car service, named “Akama Lifestyle” to transfer funds for fraudsters, keeping a percentage of transferred funds as a fee.
The report added that Adiakpan had temporary legal status to be in the US, as at the time of his arrest.
