Osemwenkhae was sentenced to eight years for money laundering. Restitution of $20,851,940.80 is part of that sentence.

A sentence after a guilty plea is the judgment on the conduct admitted. Restitution is part of that sentence, not a new count. On Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, Judge Matthew J. Maddox sentenced Adanegbe "Gift" Osemwenkhae, 41, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to eight years in prison followed by one year of supervised release for money laundering, and ordered restitution of $20,851,940.80. He pleaded guilty in April 2025 to serving as a manager and supervisor in a multi-member money-laundering conspiracy.

From 2020 through February 2024, he directed laundering of more than $20 million in stolen proceeds from at least 15 victims, described as government agencies, organizations, and companies. Shell LLCs and bank accounts were used. Those facts are the admitted conduct behind the April 2025 plea. They are not a new charging document filed when the court imposed sentence on Tuesday. The eight-year prison term, and the one year of supervised release that follows it, are the sentence. Supervised release is part of that judgment. It is not a second case.

The restitution order of $20,851,940.80 is part of the sentence. It is not a new accusation. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland charged 14 defendants in related cases. Thirteen of them pleaded guilty and received federal prison sentences. Those outcomes belong to those other defendants.