File photo: Jailed person
A 33 years old Nigerian-American man, Adepoju Salako, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for fraudulently attempting to steal over $22,000 from Alaska’s oil wealth dividend programme by hijacking the online accounts of seven state residents.
According to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Alaska on Friday, Salako pleaded guilty to seven counts of wire fraud before a federal court in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday.
According to court documents cited in the press release, Salako obtained the personal identifying information of legitimate Alaska residents between January and February 2022 and submitted seven separate applications to the Alaska Department of Revenue to redirect their Permanent Fund Dividend payments into bank accounts he controlled.
The Permanent Fund Dividend is an annual payment made to eligible Alaska residents from the state’s oil revenue savings.
