Convicted internet fraudster, Jacob Olalekan Ponle better known as Woodberry, has been sentenced to eight years and three months in prison for his coordination of a multimillion-dollar fraud.
Woodberry, an associate of imprisoned internet fr@udster Hushpuppi, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 11 by Judge Robert Gettleman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago.
National Daily reports that Woodberry was sentenced after being convicted on one count of fraud.
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Seven other counts were dismissed following a plea bargain in April that was previously reported.
The judge ordered the convict to submit himself to the U.S. Marshal Service for onward transfer to the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, where his family members, especially his American fiancée, would be allowed to visit him.