- Former US Air Force members Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu, 25, and Harafat Mogaji, 26, were sentenced in the Southern District of Iowa on Friday, 25 September 2026.
- Odimegwu got 111 months and Mogaji 78 months for a phishing and business email scheme that diverted about $2.4 million, the US Justice Department said on 29 September 2026.
- The viral "15 years" figure is their combined 189 months, and the Justice Department release of 29 September 2026 does not state either man's nationality.
US Air Force pair get 111 and 78 months in jail over $2.4m email fraud
Chijioke Odimegwu and Harafat Mogaji were stationed at Dover Air Force Base when they diverted millions from US businesses. The viral "15 years" claim adds their terms together, and the official record never names a nationality.
A US federal judge has sent two men who were serving in the United States Air Force to prison over a phishing and email-fraud scheme that diverted about $2.4 million, the US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, 29 September. Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu, 25, got 111 months and Harafat Mogaji, 26, got 78 months. That is nine years and three…