A US Federal judge on Friday sentenced a Nigerian, Kevin Kunle Sodipo Williams, to six and a half years in prison over a stolen identity fraud scheme that sought more than $12 million in tax refunds.

The judge also ordered him to pay roughly $900,000 in restitution to the IRS.

Williams, who lives in St. Louis, Missouri, was charged with mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, voter fraud and illegal re-entry to the US

Williams and others used public school employees’ identifications stolen from a payroll company to file more than 2,000 fraudulent federal tax returns. Williams also used fraudulently obtained identification numbers to get refund checks.

Williams was deported in 1995 but returned in 1999. In July, Sodipo had pleaded guilty to the charge in an Alabama court.

Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Carrie Costantin for the Eastern District of Missouri, said Sodipo entered the guilty plea in a Federal court in Alabama.

According to documents filed with the court, Kevin Kunlay (Kunle) Williams aka Kunlay Sodipo, 56, and others stole public school employees’ IDs from a payroll company and used them to electronically file more than 2,000 fraudulent federal income tax returns seeking more than $12 million in refunds.

He also stole several return preparer’s Electronic Filing Identification Numbers and used them to secure tax-related bank products and services that facilitated the issuance of tax refunds, to include blank check stock and debit cards. Williams used the blank stock to print checks funded by the fraudulent refunds and directed some of the refunds onto debit cards.

Williams now faces a period of supervised release, restitution, forfeiture and deportation.

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Mynd44

NCAN over to you...

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If to say he was from d yEast by now comments for nairaland for don jam traffic. U for hear IPOB, cownu, Biafra now he is an Afon.... Abeg who go help me complete am?

a Nigerian,
Kevin (Kunle Sodipo) Williams,

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He is very lucky..

US jails are like Radisson Blu or even Eko Hotels's suites.

Williams is a Nigerian
Kevin Kunle Sodipo is a Nigerian

This MOD sef

Kunle... Is from wia?

They keep damaging our image.

Una well done o!

Hm

a perfect example of the "he is rich and balling" syndrome. we have become so morally decadent as a people that we don't understand anymore how normal life works. anyway he should do the time since he did the crime.

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Awon omo wobe

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An elderly illegal immigrant engaged in fraud.
The 6 years sentence is too short.

afonjas representing themselves worldwide

Omo see tax fraud. Name checkers over to you, this one weak me

Most people will expect me to shout afonja since the person is a yoruba person...but come to think of it, I salute the quick justice delivery of the united states...nigeria is still battling with the cases of th3 sarakis etc

NCAN over 2 u

Williams, who lives in St. Louis, Missouri, was charged with mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, voter fraud and illegal re-entry to the US

Smh

Sorry...... What's the name again??

Affffffoooooonnnnnnjjjjjjj........

candlewax:
Augustap come and see big ballers. baba no worry six years is nothing, Anything for a million dollars

Bro dey will destroy his anal cavities in that prison

NwaAmaikpe:


He is very lucky..

US jails are like Radisson Blu or even Eko Hotels's suites.

You must be speaking from experience.

Do the crime

Do the time

Na my brothers...

Kevin Kunle Sodipo Williams is a real omo ale, I'm highly disappointed because this wasn't d name I expected ...

It might be a mistaken identity because judging from his name, he's not a developer and is head looks flat



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Differential:
Williams, who lives in St. Louis, Missouri, was charged with mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, voter fraud and illegal re-entry to the US

Smh

The guy Na master