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A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud conspiracy for his role in a COVID-19 vaccine fraud scheme, after he allegedly worked with two others on securing a bank account for sales from a fake Moderna website.
Odunayo Oluwalade, 25, of Windsor Mill, a Baltimore suburb, entered a guilty plea for his role in the vaccine fraud on Friday. He faces up to 20 years in prison but a sentencing date hasn't been set, the Department of Justice said in a press release.
Oluwalade was one of three people arrested in February for taking part in a scam that involved a duplicate website mimicking Moderna's modernatx.com.
The duplicate site was hosted at modernatx.shop, according to a federal complaint unsealed that month. The fake site used "the logo, markings, colors and texts" of the real site, investigators said in an affidavit unsealed in February.
But the fake Moderna website added the line in capital letters: "You may be able to buy a COVID-19 vaccine ahead of time," according to federal investigators.
The website provided contact info, which led investigators to Oluwalade and his alleged co-conspirators: his cousin, Olikatan Oluwalade, 22; and Kelly Lamont Williams, 22. The three were arrested and charged in February, investigators said.
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