Metro Nigerian Giant, Animasaun, Jailed In US For $1m Fraud

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Nigerian 'giant' about 7 feet tail, Fawaz Olanrewaju Animasaun has been Jailed for two years in the United States for defrauding East Texans and others of nearly $1m.

What he did:

27 years old Animasaun is one of the two persons named in a federal indictment for charges of aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, as well as aiding and abetting.

He was arrested in Amsterdam, in airport, New York last November.

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He was an inmate at the Gregg County Jail awaiting his turn in a federal courtroom.

Under a plea agreement finalised in May, Animasaun is serving three years in prison on the conspiracy charge.

He is ordered to pay $930,737.60 in restitution to three financial companies.

Animasaun and his alleged accomplice Idowu Temitope Omolade, also from Nigeria, are believed to be involved in at least 21 fraudulent wire transfers between April and August of 2012.
 
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