MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WBAY) – Joseph Nantomah, who went by “The Black Mentor,” was sentenced to 48 months in prison for an investment fraud scheme that resulted in a loss of more than $2.7 million to investors across the country and abroad, Brad Schimel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced.
Nantomah, 49, was sentenced Sept. 18.
Scheme built on false persona
According to court records, Nantomah entered the United States on a visitor’s visa from Nigeria in 2016. Within a few years, he had cultivated a false online persona alleging he had built a multimillion-dollar real estate enterprise.
Nantomah gave himself the moniker “The Black Mentor” and hosted conferences and classes in which he said he would share his knowledge of building success in the United States with people he charged for his classes. Nantomah then used the classes to convince…
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