Woodberry, also known as Jacob Olalekan Ponle, has been sentenced to eight years and three months in prison by Judge Robert Gettleman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago.
Woodberry was convicted for his involvement in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.
He was arrested on June 10, 2020, along with Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas, who was previously sentenced to 11 years in prison for internet fraud.
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Guilty of fraud
Woodberry’s charges stemmed from his alleged coordination of a scheme that deceived American companies into sending wire transfers totalling millions of dollars.
Prosecutors stated that Woodberry targeted businesses in California, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, and New York.
He was charged with wire fraud conspiracy following his arrest in the United Arab Emirates in June 2020 and subsequent extradition to the US.
Reactions: you just go disgrace us
Nigerians are reacting to the US court verdict. Let’s have a look at some of them:
@increfible;Some lawyer will soon tell us that Mr. Woodberry was sentenced to 8 years of study leave, not jail.
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@Eberr:Please comeback home! Your mates are in ASOROCK
@igbede:US court just helped this guy popular against his political ambition after his jail term, he will be governor of his state, Senator of his constituency or the next president of Nigerians like Tinubu 🚶🚶.
@brighy: Omo ale. 8years is too small. Let him remain in prison for 80years. Awon abanilorukoje. Omo rada rada
@Azozi:I hate being a Nigerian because of these guys from the SE🤡🤡🤡 person no fit to travel outside d country in peace 😢 dem spoiled everywhere with fraud and drugs trafficking
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Nigerian lady shares her experience with Fraudsters
In another news, A Nigerian lady has shared a bitter experience on how she was robbed with juju on her Twitter page.
Earlier today, the lady shared her horrific experience of how someone robbed her by just saying Hi to her on the road
According to her, it was when she got home that she started having flashbacks of how it happened
