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Nigerian Scammer Asked To Repay Stolen 1 Million Pounds By UK Court by eCollynzo: 11:10am On Apr 03, 2015

A scammer who was the ringleader of a fraud gang has been ordered to repay nearly £1million which he stole from the life savings of an innocent victim. Rilwan Oshodi bought Karen Budow's bank account details for just £3,200 and spent her savings on cheeseburgers, bottles of champagne and top-of-the-range computers. He now claims he is so broke he can't even pay his lawyers - but a judge told him today that if he does not return his ill-gotten gains he will have to spend four more years in prison. Nigerian Oshodi, 31, bought Ms Budow's Santander details from an Egyptian hacker Tamer Abdulhamid, who had persuaded her to hand them over as part of a fishing scam. His girlfriend Annette Jabeth then posed as the victim and withdrew her £1million life savings, which the gang spent in a three-day shopping splurge in the New Year sales in January 2012. Detectives said that their purchases had ranged from cheeseburgers to high-end computers and gold', while Oshodi spent £1,134 on taxis and bought expensive gadgets including a MacBook and an iPhone. One picture of him even appears to show him
holding a 'money sandwich', with Nigerian
banknotes stashed between two slices of bread. He was jailed for eight years in 2013 after being convicted of two counts of conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to conceal criminal property. Appearing at Southwark Crown Court for a confiscation hearing today, Oshodi insisted he had not profited from the scam, and denied hiding money in overseas bank accounts.

Money sandwich: This image appears to show Oshodi with Nigerian banknotes in between slices of bread.

He said: 'If I have hidden the goods, if I have got money how come I can't pay my solicitor, how come I can't rent a house, how come I was still broke, how come I am still broke, how come I am still poor? 'Wouldn't I get myself a new car, would I not buy myself some new clothes, Louis Vuitton or something?
But judge Stephen Robbins said: 'I reject what he said today... he was the main mover and architect of this fraud and he has hidden assets most likely outside this jurisdiction. 'He said he got nothing from it at all, no benefit directly.' Determining Oshodi to have made £940,820.34 in profit from the fraud, the judge ordered that he repay the total sum within six months or face a further four years in jail.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3021428/Nigerian-fraud-mastermind-blew-1million-plundered-victim-s-savings.html
Re: Nigerian Scammer Asked To Repay Stolen 1 Million Pounds By UK Court by Nobody: 12:38pm On Apr 03, 2015
Hmm. This money plenty oo
Re: Nigerian Scammer Asked To Repay Stolen 1 Million Pounds By UK Court by Nobody: 12:39pm On Apr 03, 2015
Hmm. This money plenty
Re: Nigerian Scammer Asked To Repay Stolen 1 Million Pounds By UK Court by Scatterboss(m): 1:32pm On Apr 03, 2015
Ahahahaha. Collins Amadi is hurt and trying to bring up a thread to bash the Yorubas cos of the drug crap thread on FP. Lolzzzzzz. Life must be so hard for you right now, dont kill yourself bro.

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