Nigerian bags 8-year jail term over $1.3m cyber fraud in US

[Daily Trust - Nigeria] - 19/02/2026
A United States federal court has sentenced a Nigerian national, Matthew A. Akande, to eight years in prison for orchestrating a cyber fraud scheme that defrauded the US government of more than $1.3 million. The sentencing was announced in a statement published on the official US government (…)
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