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Houston Man Sentenced for Bank and Wire Fraud Schemes
A 36-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of bank and wire fraud in two separate cases, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
Julius Joachim Ohumole pleaded guilty Nov. 12, 2021.
Today, U.S. District Judge Hughes ordered he serve a total of 97 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised release.
Ohumole’s crimes included defrauding Regions Bank of over $1 million. He opened a bank account in the name of Mars Construction using false identification documents identifying himself as Kenneth Davis.
Later, he accompanied another individual to Regions who used false identification documents to represent himself as a Regions accountholder. Ohumole asked for this person to be a co-signer on the Mars account, thereby allowing it to be linked to the real person’s account.
In January 2019, Ohumole caused $274,000 to be transferred from that account to the Mars account without permission or authorization. He then wired $273,000 to a bank account in New York and subsequently out of the United States.
In a separate case, Ohumole also defrauded the Teton School District in Idaho. In December 2018, he sent an email falsely representing to be from a construction contractor. In it, he claimed payments should be made to a new bank account.
Ohumole admitted in his plea that this new bank account had nothing to do with the real construction contractor and was actually his Comerica Bank account in Houston.
As a result of his scheme, the Teton School District sent $784,883.71 to Ohumole via his bank account.
The FBI conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Braddock is prosecuting the case.
Defendant: Julius Joachim Ohumole
Criminal Charges: Bank and Wire Fraud
City and State: Houston, Texas
Date: November 12, 2021 (plea), March 2023 (sentencing)
Sentence: 97 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release
Dollar Amounts: $1,074,000 (Regions Bank), $784,883.71 (Teton School District)
Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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