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Kolade Akinwale Ojelade

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Convicted in a public proceeding.

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  1. Indicted in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas in February 2023, and extradited from Leicester, UK to the United States in April 2024. source
  2. Pleaded guilty to wire fraud affecting a financial institution and aggravated identity theft, admitting to sending phishing emails to US real estate businesses to steal employees' email credentials, then monitoring the compromised mailboxes to intercept and alter real wiring instructions before resending them from spoofed addresses. source
  3. Prosecutors said the scheme caused approximately $12 million in actual losses against an intended loss of more than $100 million. source
  4. Sentenced on November 4, 2024 to a combined 316 months (over 26 years) in federal prison and ordered to pay $3,386,908 in restitution; he will be subject to deportation after serving the sentence. source

These are the facts of a concluded proceeding. Only the legal facts of that proceeding appear on this page, in line with the site’s editorial policy. This is, by sentence length, one of the longest documented US prison terms for business email compromise targeting real estate closings, one reason this site records it beyond the case page it supports.

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  1. Nigerian man Sentenced to 26+ years in real estate phishing scams. Security Affairs. Accessed 2026-10-30.
  2. US Sentences Nigerian to 26 Years in Prison for Stealing Millions Through Phishing. SecurityWeek. Accessed 2026-10-30.
  3. Nigerian Handed 26-Year Sentence for Real Estate Phishing Scam. Infosecurity Magazine. Accessed 2026-10-30.

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