Court records revealed that Salako created multiple fake email accounts tied to the victims whose identities he allegedly stole.
Adepoju Babatunde Salako, identified as the Philadelphia, United States coordinator of the pro-Tinubu group, Relax Tinubu Is Fixing Nigeria (Promises to Progress), has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in the United States after pleading guilty to multiple counts of wire fraud linked to a 2022 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend fraud scheme.
Salako, 33, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Tuesday by a U.S. court after admitting to orchestrating a scheme aimed at illegally obtaining funds meant for residents of Alaska through identity theft and online fraud.
According to court documents released by U.S. authorities, Salako fraudulently obtained the personal identifying information (PII) of legitimate residents of Alaska and used the stolen information to file fraudulent applications for Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) payments administered by the Alaska Department of Revenue.
Investigators disclosed that between January and February 2022, Salako submitted seven separate fraudulent applications using the identities of genuine Alaskan residents in a bid to divert their PFD payments into bank accounts under his control.
