BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — A Nigerian man has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in North Dakota for mail fraud.
Kolawole Akande, 37, was given 2.5 years in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $350,000 in restitution after he and others scammed a Dickinson company through the mail while living in Texas.
The computer intrusion scam tricked the controller into issuing checks totaling $348,000.
Akande was arrested in the United Kingdom in September 2021 and extradited to North Dakota.
He pleaded guilty to mail fraud last November.
Co-defendant, Olawale Sule, was sentenced last week to two years in prison.
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