May 23, 2026
A Nigerian based in Pennsylvania, Adepoju Babatunde Salako, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in the United States after pleading guilty to wire fraud linked to a 2022 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend fraud scheme.
According to court documents, Salako fraudulently obtained the personal information of several Alaska residents and used it to submit seven fake applications for Permanent Fund Dividend payments between January and February 2022.
Investigators said he created email accounts linked to the victims and gained access to their “myAlaska” online profiles, where he altered contact and banking details to redirect payments to accounts under his control.
Authorities said Salako used a Virtual Private Network to disguise his location and make the applications appear to have originated from Alaska, although records later traced some activity to Philadelphia.
