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$12m Fraud: US Court Jails Nigerian Sodipo Williams, Picture by Midgut(m): 2:36pm On Oct 21, 2017 |
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. Source: http://punchng.com/12m-fraud-us-court-jails-nigerian-sodipo-williams/
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Re: $12m Fraud: US Court Jails Nigerian Sodipo Williams, Picture by AmKen(m): 2:38pm On Oct 21, 2017 |
Where else is he from? Nigeria, I am not surprised, though all of us are not like this. They should stop giving the rest of us this tag. |
Re: $12m Fraud: US Court Jails Nigerian Sodipo Williams, Picture by ogologoamu: 2:42pm On Oct 21, 2017 |
Kunle Williams. |
Re: $12m Fraud: US Court Jails Nigerian Sodipo Williams, Picture by kingemmybxt(m): 3:05pm On Oct 21, 2017 |
OK I'll be back |
Re: $12m Fraud: US Court Jails Nigerian Sodipo Williams, Picture by alcmene: 3:05pm On Oct 21, 2017 |
Afonjas flying their color |
Re: $12m Fraud: US Court Jails Nigerian Sodipo Williams, Picture by Seeker17(m): 3:14pm On Oct 21, 2017 |
In DJ Khalid's voice 'Another one' This fraud/drug thing has become an incurable disease |
Re: $12m Fraud: US Court Jails Nigerian Sodipo Williams, Picture by Nbote(m): 3:19pm On Oct 21, 2017 |
I came, I saw , and I confirmed.. Kevin Kunle Sodipo Williams
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