Nigerian Guitarist Guilty of Tax Fraud and Identity Theft.

A Smooth Jazz Guitarist of Nigerian heritage resident in the US  was handed a prison sentence for involvement in tax refund scam. Olufunso Adesina, 29, was reported to have made false claims using multiple names and went missing from his St. Louis residence when under investigation.

The United States department of Justice declared him wanted as he was believed to have fled prosecution. Adesina, who was also a guitarist, intended to steal as much as $3 million through the tax fraud scheme but local banks blew the whistle on him and he has been found guilty and sentenced to over three years in prison for tax related offences.

The 29-year-old local guitarist plead guilty in 2015 to criminal activities involving stealing tax refunds and was sentenced on Thursday, April 21, 2016.

• Artwork from Olufunsho Adeshina's "Weekend in Miami"

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