Man Who Helped Bilk Woman out of $1.2 Million Is Sentenced to Prison

Man Who Helped Bilk Woman out of $1.2 Million Is Sentenced to Prison
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ST. LOUIS—A Texas man who was part of a romance scam that bilked a Missouri woman out of $1.2 million was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in federal prison and ordered to repay the money.

Rotimi Oladimeji, 38, of Richardson, Texas, was sentenced one year after he pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis said in a news release.