Milton Used Car Dealer Laundered Scammers' Money Through His Business: Feds

A 53-year-old Milton man will spend six months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to helping scammers launder their money through his car dealership, authorities said.

The owner of a used car dealership in Milton pleaded guilty to laundering scammers' money through his Fall Ridge used car lot.
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Josh Lanier

08/05/2022 3:06 p.m.

Augustine Osemwegie was sentenced earlier this week, the Department of Justice said on Friday, Aug. 3. The judge also ruled that Osemwegie must pay a $5,500 fine and serve two years of supervised release.

Federal investigators said Osemwegie used his car dealership Ejad Auto Sales, along with two other associates, as a vehicle for cleaning stolen cash.

Scammers would bring their cash to Osemwegie and his co-conspirators, and they would purchase a car at a vehicle auction, ship it overseas — mostly to Nigeria, where it would be sold, and the profits would be given back to the grifters, investigators said. The men would take a cut of the money as a fee.

FBI agents posed as fraudsters in an undercover sting and videotaped the men accepting cash to launder, federal authorities said.

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