A Nigerian national, Oluwasegun Baiyewu, has been sentenced to 95 months (7 years and 11 months) in prison in the United States for laundering more than $3.1 million in proceeds from various fraud schemes targeting US citizens.
The US Department of Justice said Baiyewu, 40, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced on Thursday for his role in a money laundering conspiracy involving business email compromise, romance and unemployment insurance fraud schemes.
The department disclosed this in a statement posted on the website of its Office of Public Affairs on Friday.
According to court documents, Baiyewu led a conspiracy involving at least six other co-conspirators in the US and Nigeria between May 2020 and October 2021.
“Between approximately May 2020 and October 2021, Baiyewu worked with at least six other co-conspirators in the United States and Nigeria.
