"Matthew A. Akande, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to eight years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Akande was also ordered to pay $1,393,230 in restitution. Akande was arrested in October 2024 at Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom at the request of the United States and extradited to the United States on March 5, 2025."
"Between in or about June 2016 and June 2021, Akande worked with others to steal money from the United States government using taxpayers' personally identifiable information (PII) to file fraudulent tax returns in the taxpayers' names. The scheme also involved stealing taxpayers' PII from Massachusetts tax preparation firms via phishing attacks and computer intrusions. To carry out the scheme, Akande caused fraudulent phishing emails to be sent to five Massachusetts tax preparation firms."
Matthew A. Akande, a Nigerian national living in Mexico, was extradited to the United States and sentenced to eight years in prison with three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $1,393,230 in restitution. Akande was arrested in October 2024 at Heathrow Airport and extradited on March 5, 2025. He was indicted in July 2022 on counts including conspiracy, wire fraud, unauthorized access to protected computers, theft of government money, and aggravated identity theft. Between June 2016 and June 2021, Akande and others used stolen taxpayer PII to file over 1,000 fraudulent tax returns seeking millions in refunds. The scheme used phishing emails and Warzone RAT malware to compromise Massachusetts tax preparation firms.
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