A Singaporean woman who was recruited by a Malaysia-based Nigerian love scammer, Awolola Oladayo Opeyemi, has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for her role in the scam.
A Singaporean woman who was recruited by a Malaysia-based Nigerian love scammer, Awolola Oladayo Opeyemi, has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for her role in the scam.
32-year-old Suhaili Suparjo fell in love with Opeyemi and had a daughter with him. Persuaded by him and “blinded by love”, she acted as his money mule and laundered more than S$356,000 in criminal proceeds for him.
She was sentenced on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, in Singapore, after pleading guilty to two counts of helping to retain benefits from criminal conduct, under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act.
Another four charges were taken into consideration.
The court heard that Suhaili was recruited by Opeyemi, who was a member of a Nigerian criminal group carrying out scams worldwide while based in Malaysia.
In December 2021, Opeyemi, then 37, was sentenced in a Singapore district court to five years’ jail after he pleaded guilty to three counts of working with others to receive the benefits of criminal conduct linked to more than $550,000 in loses. Read a previous report HERE
Opeyemi was sentenced alongside another Nigerian, Awolola Gbolahan Ayobami. He also recruited Norhafiza Samsudin, who also bore him a child.
Ayobami, who admitted to two counts of working with others to receive the benefits of criminal conduct linked to $150,000 in losses, was ordered to spend four years and two months behind bars.
Opeyemi targeted Suhaili as part of a love scam, cultivating a romantic relationship with her.
