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Former Air Force members Odimegwu and Mogaji were sentenced to a combined 189 months in an Iowa cyber-fraud case.
On Sept. 25, 2026, former U.S. Air Force members Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu, 25, and Harafat Mogaji, 26, were sentenced in the Southern District of Iowa. Odimegwu received 111 months and restitution of $366,617.59. Mogaji received 78 months and restitution of $995,680.45. Each was ordered to serve three years of supervised release after prison.
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Federal sentences after conviction or plea are the judgment on those counts. They are not a fresh accusation. On Sept. 25, 2026, the court in the Southern District of Iowa sentenced Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu to 111 months and Harafat Mogaji to 78 months, and ordered restitution of $366,617.59 and $995,680.45. Those restitution orders are court-imposed, and collection is separate from the prison terms.
On Sept. 25, 2026, former U.S. Air Force members Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu, 25, and Harafat Mogaji, 26, were sentenced in federal court in the Southern District of Iowa. Military.com, Delaware Online, KCRG, and WBOC placed both in Delaware and tied them to Dover Air Force Base. WBOC reported that a federal indictment described both as Air Force members stationed at Dover while the offenses were committed. Odimegwu was sentenced to 111 months and ordered to pay $366,617.59 in restitution. Mogaji was sentenced to 78 months and ordered to pay $995,680.45. Together the prison terms are 189 months. Each man was ordered to serve three years of supervised release after prison.
Prosecutors described a scheme that used spam and phishing to steal employee email credentials, redirect business wire payments, and harvest financial and card data. They said more than $1.68 million was diverted from an Iowa City victim to a Chicago account controlled by conspirators, and more than $720,000 from an Ohio victim. Military.com, citing the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa, reported that about $2.4 million was diverted by wire transfer. The same reporting said the scheme also targeted card information belonging to a nonprofit in Pella, Iowa.
Delaware Online described the charges as conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The Sept. 25 sentences are the court's judgment in the case. The restitution figures are orders of the court. Collecting that money is a separate step from serving the prison terms.
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