HOUSTON – A 43-year-old man living in Richmond, TX will serve time in federal prison for orchestrating a years-long scheme involving fraudulent student financial aid applications and the misuse of victims’ identities.
Emmanuel Olugbaike Finnih is originally from Nigeria and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen. He was also formerly an adjunct professor at Texas Southern University.
Finnih pleaded guilty March 20 to theft of government funds, fraud, unlawful use or transfer of identity documents, and aggravated identity theft.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ordered Finnih to serve 78 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release. At the hearing, the court heard how Finnih used false identities, transcripts, UPS boxes, and bank accounts to carry out the scheme, leaving victims with student loan debt that damaged their credit and hindered…
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