A US federal court sentenced Nigerian resident Adepoju Babatunde Salako to 78 months in prison and ordered $2.58m restitution for his role in a $5m COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.
A United States District Court has sentenced a 34-year-old Nigerian, Adepoju Babatunde Salako, to six and a half years in prison for his role in a $5m COVID-19 pandemic relief fraud. According to a statement by the United States Department of Justice, Salako, who resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received a 78-month federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy.
“The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Adepoju Babatunde Salako, 34, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy and one count of money laundering conspiracy,” the statement read. It added that he agreed to plead guilty to seven additional wire fraud counts in Alaska and was ordered to pay $2,581,002.50 in restitution.