In total, Mr Weiss obtained approximately $229.6 million in loans from multiple financial institutions through this scheme.
Ms Jones was sentenced to nine months in prison, followed by nine months of home detention and 15 months of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution and a fine.
Kashifu Inuwa, director-general of NITDA, said the initiative was designed to address structural regulatory bottlenecks slowing innovation in Nigeria’s digital economy.
Mr Delgado’s scheme involved soliciting victims to invest substantial sums of money under false and fraudulent promises of monthly returns.
“The Civil Rights Division will keep fighting for U.S. workers and will hold companies accountable for favouring temporary visa holders for American jobs,” said a DOJ official.
He described the development as disturbing and a direct attack on critical national infrastructure.
The command exceeded its 2025 revenue target of N1.524 trillion.
About 260,000 litres of products suspected to be crude oil and 405,000 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) were discovered across the site.
He said investigations revealed the presence of contaminated and artificially enhanced palm oil in markets across the state.
He described China as Nigeria’s biggest trading partner.
