US court jails Nigerian 8 years over $1.3m cyber fraud
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 19/02/2026
A Nigerian man, Matthew A. Akande, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for orchestrating a cyber scheme that targeted tax preparation firms and defrauded the U.S. government of more than $1.3 million.This was made known in a statement shared on the U.S Government website on Wednesday.According to the statement, Akande, 37, who had been living in Mexico, received the sentence on Tuesday in a federal court in Boston from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani. He was also ordered to pay $1,393,230 in restitution and will serve three years of supervised release after his prison term.The (…)
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