A Nigerian cyber fraudster and drug dealer has been sentenced to five years in the UK
After a proactive investigation by the Met’s Cyber Crime Unit (CCU), 23-year-old Dan Aiyegbusi from Eastern Boulevard, Leicester, has been handed a five-year sentence at Southwark Crown Court in the UK.
He confessed to never having worked and admitted to colluding with organized hackers in the UK and internationally to launder stolen money.
Prior to this, Aiyegbusi had pleaded guilty to five separate counts of money laundering amounting to £41,150 and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs (crack cocaine) and Class B drugs (cannabis). He was also sentenced for the crack cocaine and cannabis supply, both of which were also investigated by the Met’s Cyber Crime Unit.
Although he pleaded not guilty to three counts of money laundering totaling £2,167,410, he was found no...