A Smyrna financial adviser will spend the next seven years behind bars after pleading guilty to defrauding an elderly client out of nearly $10 million.
Ejiroghene Okuma, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in March and, on Friday, was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison, to be followed by three years of probation, according to the Department of Justice.
“Under the guise of acting as a financial adviser, Okuma abused the trust placed in him by an elderly client,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg. “His sentence should send a clear message to fiduciaries who may be tempted to steal: we will seek lengthy prison sentences to punish those who exploit vulnerable citizens to line their own pockets.”…