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Elvis Eghosa Ogiekpolor

launderer convicted

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Convicted in a public proceeding.

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  1. Convicted on 31 May 2022, after an eight-day trial, of one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and 15 counts of substantive money laundering. source
  2. Sentenced in October 2022 to 25 years in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge William M. Ray, II, of the Northern District of Georgia. source
  3. Described by prosecutors as having opened and directed others to open at least 50 fraudulent business bank accounts, which received more than $9.5 million from romance scams and business email compromise fraud between approximately October 2018 and August 2020. source
  4. 46 years old at sentencing, of Norcross, Georgia. source

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Sources

  1. Georgia Man Who Laundered Millions From Romance Scams, Business Email Compromises, and Other Online Fraud Receives 25-Year Sentence. Chattanoogan.com, reproducing a US Department of Justice, Northern District of Georgia press release. Accessed 2026-09-09.
  2. Romance scammer from Georgia gets 25 years in prison for money laundering. NewsChannel 9 (WTVC). Accessed 2026-09-09.

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