New Jersey Man Gets 51 Months for Laundering $1.2 Million From Online Scams
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Updated · Patch · Jun 5
New Jersey Man Gets 51 Months for Laundering $1.2 Million From Online Scams
1 articles · Updated · Patch · Jun 5
Summary
Kenny Osas Okuonghae, 38, of Edison, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for conspiring to launder proceeds from internet scams and was ordered to pay $1,275,190 in restitution.
Court filings said he moved scam proceeds from 2019 through December 2023 through accounts he opened at at least seven banks, allowing criminal funds to be deposited and transferred out.
The money came from property rental scams, romance scams and a "pig butchering" scheme, in which victims were groomed online and then steered into fake investments.
U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner also imposed three years of supervised release after Okuonghae's April 29, 2025 guilty plea, in a case investigated by the FBI's Newark field office.