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By John Ogunsemore
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said it has arrested a Nigerian criminal alien, Rotimi Oladimeji, convicted for mail and wire fraud.
In a terse X post on Monday, the ICE said the convict was arrested in New Orleans during an immigration enforcement exercise.
He was also ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution.
The post reads, “Nigerian criminal alien Rotimi Oladimeji’s criminal history includes mail and wire fraud.
“He was ordered to pay $1.1M+ in restitution before ICE New Orleans arrested him.”
In December 2023, US District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Oladimeji, who helped scam nearly $1.2 million out of an American woman, to three years in prison and ordered him to repay the money.
In a statement, the US Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri, said then-38-year-old Oladimeji assisted other scammers in Nigeria and the US prey on the victim, who thought she was in an online romance with a veterinarian and animal behaviorist living in St. Louis, Missouri.
“He received 20% of the funds he generated”, the statement reads in part.
Oladimeji was at the time of his conviction placed on deportation but remained in the US since completing his jail term.
