Man who helped bilk US woman out of RM5.58mil is sentenced to prison and ordered to repay the money

Oladimeji and two others spotted the victim on the “Silver Singles” online dating site, prosecutors said. Posing as a Belgian national who was a veterinarian and animal behaviorist living in St. Louis, they made plans to meet with her but never followed through. — 123rf.com

ST. LOUIS: A Texas man who was part of a romance scam that bilked a Missouri woman out of US$1.2mil (RM5.58mil) was sentenced on Dec 19 to three years in federal prison and ordered to repay the money.

Rotimi Oladimeji, 38, of Richardson, Texas, was sentenced one year after he pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, the US Attorney’s office in St. Louis said in a news release.