Self Confessed Nigerian Internet Fraudster And Drug Dealer Jailed In The UK

Nigerian man, Dan Aiyegbusi confessed to being involved in cyber crimes and drug dealing leading to him being sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Southwark Crown Court in London.

Aiyegbusi 23, who confessed he has never worked a day in his life said he formed an alliance with with organised hackers to launder stolen money.


The fraudster, of Eastern Boulevard, Leicester, had previously pleaded guilty to five separate counts of money laundering, totalling £41,150; possession with intent to supply Class A drugs (crack cocaine) and Class B drugs (cannabis)

He was also sentenced on Tuesday, for the crack cocaine and cannabis supply – both of these additional matters also having been investigated by the Met’s Cyber Crime Unit.

He pleaded not guilty to three counts of money laundering totalling £2,167,410 and was subsequently found not guilty in relation to these other counts following a trial at Southwark Crown Court in December 2019.


During the trial, the court heard that prior to his arrest by the Met’s Cyber Crime Unit for the money laundering offences, Aiyegbusi had been stopped by officers from Essex Police in Colchester and found to be in possession of 49 rocks of crack cocaine.


The court further heard that in April 2018, a Facebook account was identified in the name of ‘Miyuwa Oluwafemi’ – which was a pseudonym used by Aiyegbusi.
The Facebook account was being used to advertise compromised online bank accounts, with the username and password often having been acquired through cyber-dependent crime such as ‘phishing’.


From PM News