By John Leyden
Posted in Crime, 25th October 2010 14:33 GMT
A West African fraudster has been jailed for more than eight years over his role in an airline ticket scam following his extradition to the US back in June.
Ademola Ismaila Adegoke, 43, a Nigerian-born resident of Accra, Ghana, was jailed for 102 months on Friday after he was convicted of using stolen credit card numbers to steal more than $400,000 from US citizens. Adegoke, who agreed to pay $696,026 in restitution, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in July.
US District Court Judge Liam O’Grady further ordered Adegoke to serve two years on probation following his release.
According to court documents, Adegoke used faxed copies of counterfeit passports and drivers licences as well as Photoshopped images of stolen credit card numbers transposed over a blank card to fool North american travel agents and airlines into supplying him with tickets. The fraudster used VoIP services to pretend he was calling from the US when, in reality, he was working from a cyber cafes in Ghana….
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