A U.S. court sentenced Mr Oloyede to five years for COVID-19 fraud.
The duo were each ordered to pay more than $4.6 million in restitution to U.S. authorities.
Mr Metcalf said U.S. authorities will not tolerate criminals overseas defrauding its citizens.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has placed a bounty of $10,000 on a Nigerian, Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, who was declared wanted for bank fraud.
The DoJ said, “Mr Akindele, age 37, a Nigerian national who had been residing in Minnesota prior to his arrest, has been sentenced to 71 months in federal prison.’’
The Apetu is expected to self-report to the U.S. Marshals Service at a later date to begin his sentence.
The U.S. government filed a forfeiture motion against the 62-year-old at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division.
