GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Three people have been sentenced for playing a part in a yearslong fraud scheme that would often target elderly victims, authorities say.
Kalamazoo resident Fatai Okunola, 38, was sentenced to slightly over 10 years in prison for his role in the conspiracy and was ordered to pay more than $730,000 in restitution, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan. According to the office, Okunola also received two separate sentences that will run at the same time: five years in prison for making false statements when seeking naturalization and 10 years for committing money laundering.
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Two Dallas residents were also sentenced. Oluwaseyi Adeola, 34, was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for participating in the fraud scheme and was ordered to pay about $410,000 in restitution, according to the attorney’s office. Ijeoma Adeola, 36, was sentenced to three years’ probation for misprision of a felony and was ordered to pay just under $49,000 in restitution.
The three pleaded guilty in July — as did a fourth person, 33-year-old Cory McDougal of Illinois, who has not yet been sentenced…