A 34-year-old Ghanaian, Wigbert Bandie, has been sentenced to over five years in prison for orchestrating an international wire fraud conspiracy that defrauded elderly victims of over $2 million.
Bandie was sentenced to 63 months by United States District Judge Thomas A.
Varlan in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, according to justice.gov.
Following his incarceration, he will serve three years of supervised release and must repay $2.18 million in restitution to his 11 victims.
