United States court don sentence Nigerian man, Oluwasegun Baiyewu, to 95 months for prison because of im role for money laundering conspiracy wey involve millions of dollars wey come from different fraud schemes.
According to U.S. Department of Justice, di sentencing come on Friday after federal jury don convict am for August 2025 for one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Baiyewu, wey be 40 years and dey live for Houston, Texas, na im lead di conspiracy wey launder over $3.1 million. Di money na proceeds of various fraud schemes, including business email compromise, romance, and unemployment insurance fraud scams wey dem perpetrate against U.S. citizens.
Between May 2020 and October 2021, Baiyewu work with at least six other co-conspirators for United States and Nigeria. Dem use encrypted messaging applications like WhatsApp to coordinate how dem go receive and use di illicit money to buy salvaged cars and ship dem to Nigeria.
For one instance, Baiyewu conspire to launder funds wey come from a business email compromise scheme wey dem perpetrate against a Puerto Rican renewable energy company. Di company na dem trick am to send approximately $280,000 by wire to bank accounts wey fraudsters and money launderers control.
Baiyewu then work with im co-conspirators to launder di Puerto Rican company money by paying toward di purchase of cars wey dey United States, and im arrange to export and ship di cars to Nigeria to benefit di co-conspirators.
