A 42-year-old Nigerian man, Badetito O. Obafemi, has been sentenced to prison for his role in an online romance scam that targeted elderly victims in Missouri, Minnesota, and New Jersey.
U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 sentenced Obafemi, of Dallas, Georgia, to 24 months without parole.
According to statement by the U.S Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri, the court also sentenced Obafemi to three years of supervised release following incarceration and ordered him to pay restitution of $311,520 to the victims of his crime.
