Maryland Man Sentenced to Two-Year Prison Term in Identity Theft Scheme Twenty-Five Victims and More Than 40 Accounts Compromised
WASHINGTON—Oladayo Oladokun, 37, was sentenced today to two years of imprisonment for carrying out a scheme in which he took over financial accounts belonging to about 25 victims. In total, more than 40 financial accounts were taken over, fraudulently used, possessed, or opened without the victims’ authorization, causing more than $300,000 in losses. Oladokun, most recently of Lanham, Md., pled guilty in February 2011 to a charge of aggravated identity theft. He was sentenced today by the Honorable Ellen S. Huvelle in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. In addition to the prison term, the judge ordered Oladokun to pay restitution of $269,304. He will be on one year of supervised release upon completion of the prison term.