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Comment on US jails Nigerian 14 years for scams, Igbinedion’s son-in-law on trial by Sydney Sloan
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A day after a Nigerian-American, Osmond Eweka, son-in-law of Bright Igninedion, was charged with fraud in New York, another Nigerian, Ochuko Sylvester Eruotor, has been sentenced to 14 years in a US prison.
The latter’s offence was that he led a fraud ring that prosecutors in Texas said laundered $3.5 million from hundreds of victims.
The 42 year-old Eruotor was sentenced Friday in Austin.
The duo pocketed at least $54,000 in fees and didn’t provide a single job, according to prosecutors.
Bright, Eweka’s father-in-law, is the son of Esama of Benin, Sir Gabriel Igbinedion, and brother of former Governor Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State.