Meet A Nigerian Man That Defrauds U.S Of $12m...
Sodipo was deported from the US in 1995 but returned to the country four years later to commit fraud
- He claimed to be a US citizen and voted in at least two general elections in the US
- Williams stole data from schools and other data storage and used the information to illegally enrich himself
Kunle Sodipo Williams, a Nigerian man living in the United States has pleaded guilty to several cases of fraud in that country.
According to a report by Vanguard, Williams faces 20 years in jail for mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, voter fraud and illegally re-entering the US after being initially deported.
Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Carrie Costantin for the Eastern District of Missouri said Sodipo pleaded guilty in a Federal court in Alabama.
Kunle Sodipo Williams stole data and used them to illegally enrich himself. Source: Vanguard
According to documents filed with the court, Sodipo in conjunction with some other people stole public school employees’ IDs from a payroll company and used them to electronically file more than 2,000 fraudulent federal income tax returns seeking more than $12 million in refunds.
He also stole several return preparer’s Electronic Filing Identification Numbers (EFINs) which he used to get tax-related bank products and services.
Williams used the blank stock to print checks funded by the fraudulent refunds and directed some of the refunds onto debit cards.
Williams previously entered the United States from Nigeria under the name Kunlay Sodipo, but was deported in 1995. In 1999, Williams illegally returned to the United States from Nigeria using the last name Williams. In 2012, Williams registered to vote in federal, state and local elections by falsely claiming that he was a U.S. citizen and voted in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections.
Williams will be sentenced on October 13.
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