A Nigerian man based in Pennsylvania, United States, Adepoju Babatunde Salako, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to wire fra¥d connected to a 2022 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend fra¥d scheme.
According to court documents, Salako obtained the personal information of several Alaska residents and used the details to file seven fra¥dulent applications for Permanent Fund Dividend payments between January and February 2022.
Investigators said he created email accounts connected to the victims and accessed their “myAlaska” online profiles, where he changed contact and banking information in an attempt to redirect the payments into accounts under his control.
