US Court Sentences Nigerian man, Babatunde, to ten years in prison for cyber fraud

A Court in the United States has sentenced a 33-year-old Nigerian man, Babatunde Francis Ayeni, to 10 years in prison for involvement in a large-scale cyber fraud conspiracy.

The scheme, which targeted over 400 individuals across the United States, resulted in a collective loss of nearly 20 million dollars.

The U.S. Attorney’s office in a statement, said that court documents and testimony revealed that the young man was involved in a sophisticated business e-mail compromise scheme targeting real estate transactions in the United States.

Ayeni, who was based in the UK at the time of his arrest, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in April, 2024.