Damian Williams, the US Legal professional for the Southern District of New York, introduced that OLUSEUN MARTINS OMOLE, aka “Seun Omole,” pled responsible in the present day to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his participation in a widespread scheme to defraud hundreds of victims in the US and elsewhere of hundreds of client electronics and different items totalling greater than $12 million. Omole pled responsible earlier than U.S. Choose Katharine H. Parker.
Based on the allegations contained within the indictment and criticism, the plea settlement, and different public filings and statements made in court docket:
From at the very least in or about February 2018 by at the very least in or about March 2023, Omole participated in a prison enterprise based mostly in Nigeria (the “Enterprise”), which orchestrated numerous scams to defraud hundreds of victims in the US and elsewhere of greater than $12 million in client electronics, together with smartphones, smartwatches, laptops, and tablets, amongst different gadgets. The scams perpetrated by the members of the Enterprise included (i) romance scams, during which Enterprise members despatched digital communications to victims feigning romantic intentions, gained their belief and affection, and took benefit of that goodwill to induce victims into sending client electronics and different cash or property to Omole; (ii) on-line market scams, during which Enterprise members despatched digital communications to victims feigning curiosity in shopping for client electronics, falsely represented to the sufferer that the gadgets had been paid for, and instructed the sufferer to ship the patron electronics to Omole; and (iii) employment scams, during which Enterprise members posted phony jobs on-line and knowledgeable unwitting victims that they had been employed earlier than instructing victims to ship electronics to OMOLE below the guise that these electronics had been wanted for the job (collectively, the “Fraudulent Electronics Scams”).
Through the related time interval, Omole owned and operated a enterprise company named Tobylink Impessions, Inc., a/ok/a Tobylink Impressions, Inc. (“Tobylink”), which claimed to be a distributor, re-seller, and provider of satellite tv for pc communications tools. In actuality, nevertheless, Tobylink served as a car by which OMOLE acquired hundreds of fraudulently obtained items from victims of the Enterprise earlier than repackaging and delivery these gadgets to numerous co-conspirators positioned in Nigeria. Throughout his participation within the conspiracy, OMOLE acquired and despatched greater than $12 million in client electronics and different gadgets to different members of the Enterprise, in change for the equal of a whole bunch of hundreds of U.S. {dollars} in charges that OMOLE charged different Enterprise members.
OMOLE, 57, of Sugar Land, Texas, pled responsible to 1 rely of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a most sentence of 20 years in jail. As a part of his plea settlement, OMOLE agreed to pay restitution in an quantity to be ordered by the Courtroom and to forfeit an quantity of U.S. foreign money to be ordered by the Courtroom, in addition to numerous client electronics and different items seized by regulation enforcement.
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The utmost potential sentence on this case is prescribed by Congress and is supplied right here for informational functions solely, as any sentencing of the defendant can be decided by a choose. OMOLE’s sentencing is scheduled for July 30, 2024, earlier than U.S. District Choose Jesse M. Furman.
Mr. Williams praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Williams additionally thanked Homeland Safety Investigations for his or her help with the investigation.
The prosecution of this case is being dealt with by the Workplace’s Common Crimes Unit. Assistant U.S. Legal professional Jerry J. Fang is in control of the prosecution.
Supply: United States Legal professional’s Workplace, Southern District of New York.
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