Notorious Nigerian online scammer, Olalekan Ponle, also known as Woodberry on Tuesday lost all his known assets to the United States government after a court in Ilinois jailed him for 100 months.
The sentence translates to eight years and four months of jail time.
Judge Robert Gentleman of the US District Court for Northern Illinois handed down the verdict on Tuesday, about three months after Woodberry pleaded guilty to defrauding at least seven companies of over $8 million in less than one year.
“The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total term of One hundred (100) months as to count 1,” Mr Gentleman ruled Tuesday.
Based on the plea agreement with US prosecutors in April, the court dismissed the rest of the seven counts in the original eight charges indictment filed against him.
The 100 months’ imprisonment imposed by the judge is a downward review of 168 months or 14 years proposed by US prosecutors.
But the judge ruled out supervised release for him – shutting down any prospect of his early release from prison based on good conduct.
The court also ordered the forfeiture of the convict’s known fortune, including luxury cars, Rolls Royce Cullinan and Lamborghini Urus, to the US government.
The forfeited assets include Rolex watches, gold bracelets, gold and diamond studded rings and neck chains. He will also forfeit cash in Emirati dirhams, among other assets.
With all his known assets forfeited to the US government, Woodberry will be deported to Nigeria empty-handed after completing his jail time and making full restitution of over $8 million in losses suffered by victims of his crimes, based on the court judgement.
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