A Nigerian man is facing federal charges in the U.S for preying on
and targeting hundreds of them including residents of the St. Louis
area, using fake dating profiles in order to extort money from them.
Olayinka
Ilumsa Sunmola, 32, on Wednesday, March 2, pleaded guilty to eight
counts of a federal indictment and admitted that he was the ringleader
of
a group that successfully wooed hundreds of women online, then
convinced them to send cash to bail him out of phony emergencies..
Sunmola
seduced women online by creating fake online profiles using photos and
names of real American men, including claiming to a former U.S. soldier.
He sent flowers, candies, stuffed animals and more to his victims,
conning them into believing that each was his true love. Once the women
were convinced of his love for them, he would request money from them
claiming phony emergencies. Some of the women sent thousands of dollars.
The
victims were not named but lived around the country, including in
Mascoutah and Bond County in Illinois and St. Charles and St. Louis
counties in Missouri.
In one case, Sunmola tricked one woman
into cashing counterfeit or stolen traveler’s checks. She contemplated
suicide when arrested. He lured
another into performing sexual acts, which he recorded via webcam, they
said. He then threatened to ruin her life by publishing the recordings
online if she
didn't send him cash, warning that by the time he was done with her she
would want to kill herself.
A Bond County woman bought electronics and shipped them to Sunmola,
reshipped items he’d bought using stolen credit card information and
took out cash advances on a credit card, forcing herself into bankruptcy
with debts of at least $98,000, the indictment claims.
The investigation included the U.S. Postal Inspection Service,
the Federal Trade Commission, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S.
Secret Service and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, as well as
South African officials, who investigated Sunmola's activities there and
started forfeiture proceedings for his assets there.
Sunmola
was
indicted in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis in 2013 on mail fraud,
wire fraud, conspiracy, and interstate extortion charges. He was
arrested in August 2014 by Scotland Yard as he was about to board a
flight from
London to South Africa, then extradited here to face the charges.
"Basically,
the evidence established that Sunmola, a citizen of the federal
Republic of Nigeria, was a ringleader of a criminal organization
operating withing South Africa that targeted and stole from hundreds of
women across the United States," Acting United States Attorney James
Porter stated.
"Our office will continue to pursue justice for
these victims in Sunmola's prison sentence and in our never-ending
efforts to get restitution." Porter added.
55 comments:
Olayinka Ilumsa Sunmola why?????????????????????
Jezz! 127year? Na death sentence na.
What greed causes
LIB ADDICT#just passing#
Bad reputatio. God help him...
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Nigerian will nvr stay in one place this are one of the reason why the white detaste us.
It goes to show just how little love is available yet much needed, these materialistic and capitalist days ...
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well deserved.
Useless man even in his next life he will be in prison
Enjoy ur stay in jail.....
.... Nigerians are good pple.....
.... Oh yes, we are from great nation.....
127 years in prison...they should just give him life in prison nah,what is d difference...
Wow
Oju ole...
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127 years in prison😮😮
Does that has any different with live in prison
Wow
Oju ole...
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Criminal
PEPSI ADDICT
Idiot
Ok
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Good for him.
Na wa ooooooo
Death is better dan dis biko
...merited happiness
I know it must be Yoruba. Evn wn they commit one it must be a lazy type of fraud dat has to do with womanising. Lazy folk, imagine easy fraud wit low risk like dis yet he was caught
He got what he deserves. Linda take note!
Naija ninjas and their ways. That's why the serious nations don't take us serious because our image has been battered.
thats serves him well. I pray they caught more of his kind.
what a colossal waste to a bright future; if only he could convert his ingenuity to a positive use and venture, God help him
what a colossal waste to a bright future; if only he could convert his ingenuity to a positive use and venture, God help him
what a colossal waste to a bright future; if only he could convert his ingenuity to a positive use and venture, God help him
what a colossal waste to a bright future; if only he could convert his ingenuity to a positive use and venture, God help him
Shame on him, a young man like him that can't get a decent job and make an honest living.
Nigeria youth rise from get rich quick syndrome.
Game boy for real.
it easy for idiot linda to quickly attach yoruba or hausa to her blogs when it comes to bad news.
G boy! Maga don pay tire. Na ur turn to pay self.
Your own done finish u will rot there
Hey ya. I feel for him.
Lmao 127 okay now enjoy your new home Mr
That is what Yoruba guys kwn how to do well In & outside d country. But still Oyibo has small brain ooo.
Lollsszzz
Jm grand children go help am complete d sentence
These are the people that give Nigerians bad name
127 years...hmmm. When you report he is nigerian is it because he doesn't have american citizenship or just another way of bringing the country down
God help him...fraudster
127years? who die? Kuku put knife on his neck and cut it...hian!
Good. Dats wht Yorubas knows how to do best. Oh lord so shall Segun Adebayo from Osun state who duped my husband $1m dollar would be arrested and jailed forever. He would neva have peace in his life.
Y'all Saying BS like u all saint.......
Ahh, Yinka! Why did you do this to yourself and family? Though it has been long we spoke, the impression was that you were working after studies. Did you forget how you left home? To think that you a National Bible competition champion would end up in jail for fraud is beyond imagination.
I will say a word of prayer for your family...
So sad....
Life in prison
Hmmmm my Yoruba people. Please
Stop disgracing our country Nigeria
Why do you have to put this on Yoruba's, Just face who you have business with... Who says your own brother is clean???
So Yoruba ppl sef dey defraud ppl? After they will say It is only Igbos that are fraudstars. Shio.
Gud for him.
#FINEST
Nigerians and tribalism.. So quick to put a tag on people, how does tagging someone help? Igbos- fraudsters hausa-terrorist yoruba-loud/lazy... Have these tags decreased the price of dollars? Fish brained people..mshew
And I am Nigerian so u know
Yoruba actually
Yoruba actually
Why don't they first prosecute IMF and World bank for bankrupting Africa?
Firstly this Americans and Britain's r the ones that made Nigeria what it Is today. We have resources sufficient to feed nations, but with their manipulations made us fight ourselves which causes divisions up to this day and as a result we worship them and they dictate how our leaders run the government(indirect slavery).Africans are suffering with poverty, diseases and wretchedness. Unless theirs a drastic change whereby jobs are created for online scams will still continue..Remember the Americans taught us how to steal and now is pay back time..The same is been done to black Americans they took as slaves from Africa.
Lord Jesus, I pray that you show Yonks Sunmola your mercy, please Lord remember your word in Hosea 6:6 - You said; you will have mercy and not sacrifice. Also Lord I pray that as many that are involved in such act, please touch their heart, change them and use them for your glory. For as many that erred in their words by posting abusive utterances, please forgive us all and make us a better person in our homes, community and in our nation at large. Thank you for answering my prayers Lord.
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