On Tuesday, a federal judge sentenced a man for his role in carrying on a three-yearlong money scam.

According to live5news, Kenneth Ojua was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, sentenced to 27 months imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $147,541.87.

The case stemmed from Ojua’s acts from 2006-2009, whereby he contacted the victim by email and informed her that an American family had been killed in a car accident in Africa, that there were no other family members alive and that he needed her help with transferring funds associated with the deaths to the United States. The victim was promised $15 million dollars in exchange for her assistance with the cost of fees to complete the transaction.

Over the next three years, the victim wired thousands of dollars to Ojua, whom she believed was a man named Barrister Adelwale Davis. The victim was about to stop wiring funds when Ojua informed her that the $15 million was in storage in Greenville. In order for her to get the money, she would need to meet an African Diplomat. The victim went to meet the alleged diplomat, later determined to be Ojua, and he told her that she had to pay another storage fee before she could get the money. Police arrested Ojua after his meeting with the victim.

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