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AO 245B (CO Rev. 11/20)
Judgment in a Criminal Case
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
District of Colorado
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE
v.
NOSA STEPHEN EDOKPAIGBE
Case Number:
23-cr-00442-RMR-01
USM Number:
82854-510
Harvey Abe Steinberg, Samantha Taylor Ivy
THE DEFENDANT:
Defendant’s Attorney
܈pleaded guilty to count(s)
5 of the Indictment.
܆pleaded nolo contendere to count(s)
which was accepted by the court.
܆was found guilty on count(s)
after a plea of not guilty.
The defendant is adjudicated guilty of these offenses:
Title & Section
Nature of Offense
Offense Ended
Count
18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2
Wire Fraud and Aiding and Abetting the Same
09/10/2020
5
The defendant is sentenced as provided in pages 2 through
4
of this judgment. The sentence is imposed pursuant to
the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.
܆The defendant has been found not guilty on count(s)
܈Count(s)
1 through 4 and 6 through 10 of the Indictment
܆is ܈are dismissed on the motion of the United States.
It is ordered that the defendant must notify the United States attorney for this district within 30 days of any change of name, residence,
or mailing address until all fines, restitution, costs, and special assessments imposed by this judgment are fully paid. If ordered to pay
restitution, the defendant must notify the court and United States attorney of material changes in economic circumstances.
November 25, 2025
Date of Imposition of Judgment
Signature of Judge
Regina M. Rodriguez, United States District Judge
Name and Title of Judge
Date
December 1, 2025
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DEFENDANT:
NOSA STEPHEN EDOKPAIGBE
CASE NUMBER:
23-cr-00442-RMR-01
IMPRISONMENT
The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total term of: Sixty (60)
months.
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The court makes the following recommendations to the Bureau of Prisons:
On November 25, 2025, the Court ordered that the defendant be removed to Nigeria upon completion of his term of incarceration
as referenced in CM/ECF Document 55.
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The defendant is remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal.
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The defendant shall surrender to the United States Marshal for this district:
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at
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a.m. ܆
p.m.
on
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as notified by the United States Marshal.
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The defendant shall surrender for service of sentence at the institution designated by the Bureau of Prisons:
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before 2 p.m. on
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as notified by the United States Marshal.
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as notified by the Probation or Pretrial Services Office.
RETURN
I have executed this judgment as follows:
Defendant delivered on
to
at
, with a certified copy of this judgment.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL
By
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL
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DEFENDANT:
NOSA STEPHEN EDOKPAIGBE
CASE NUMBER:
23-cr-00442-RMR-01
CRIMINAL MONETARY PENALTIES
The defendant must pay the total criminal monetary penalties under the schedule of payments on the following page.
Assessment
Restitution
Fine
AVAA Assessment*
JVTA Assessment**
TOTALS
$ 100.00
$ 1,408,897.16
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
܆ The determination of restitution is deferred until
. An Amended Judgment in a Criminal Case (AO 245C) will be entered
after such determination.
܈ The defendant must make restitution (including community restitution) to the following payees in the amount listed below.
If the defendant makes a partial payment, each payee shall receive an approximately proportioned payment, unless specified otherwise in
the priority order or percentage payment column below. However, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3664(i), all nonfederal victims must be paid
before the United States is paid.
Name of Payee
Total Loss***
Restitution Ordered
Priority or Percentage
Small Business Administration/DFC
$1,408,897.16
721 19th Street
3rd Floor, Room 301
Denver, CO 80202
See Attached List with Loan Numbers
TOTALS
$
$
1,408,897.16
܆ Restitution amount ordered pursuant to plea agreement $
܆ The defendant must pay interest on restitution and a fine of more than $2,500, unless the restitution or fine is paid in full before the
fifteenth day after the date of the judgment, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3612(f). All of the payment options on the following page may be
subject to penalties for delinquency and default, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3612(g).
܈ The court determined that the defendant does not have the ability to pay interest and it is ordered that:
܈ the interest requirement is waived for the
܆ fine
܈ restitution.
܆ the interest requirement for the ܆
fine
܆ restitution is modified as follows:
* Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018, Publ. L. No. 115-299.
** Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-22.
*** Findings for the total amount of losses are required under Chapters 109A, 110, 110A, and 113A of Title 18 for offenses committed on or
after September 13, 1994, but before April 23, 1996.
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DEFENDANT:
NOSA STEPHEN EDOKPAIGBE
CASE NUMBER:
23-cr-00442-RMR-01
SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS
Having assessed the defendant’s ability to pay, payment of the total criminal monetary penalties is due as follows:
A
܆ Lump sum payment of $
due immediately, balance due
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not later than
, or
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in accordance with ܆
C,
܆
D,
܆ E, or ܆
F below; or
B
܈ Payment to begin immediately (may be combined with ܆ C,
܆
D, or
܆
F below); or
C
܆ Payment in equal
(e.g., weekly, monthly, quarterly) installments of $
over a period of
(e.g., months or years), to commence
(e.g., 30 or 60 days) after the date of this judgment; or
D
܆ Payment in equal
(e.g., weekly, monthly, quarterly) installments of $
over a period of
(e.g., months or years), to commence
(e.g., 30 or 60 days) after release from imprisonment to a
term of supervision; or
E
܆ Payment during the term of supervised release will commence within
(e.g., 30 or 60 days) after release from
imprisonment. The court will set the payment plan based on an assessment of the defendant’s ability to pay at that time; or
F
܆ Special instructions regarding the payment of criminal monetary penalties:
Unless the court has expressly ordered otherwise, if this judgment imposes imprisonment, payment of criminal monetary penalties is due
during the period of imprisonment. All criminal monetary penalties, except those payments made through the Federal Bureau of Prisons’
Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, are made to the clerk of the court.
The defendant shall receive credit for all payments previously made toward any criminal monetary penalties imposed.
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Joint and Several
Case Number
Defendant and Co-Defendant Names
(including defendant number)
Total Amount
Joint and Several Amount
Corresponding Payee, if
appropriate
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The defendant shall pay the cost of prosecution.
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The defendant shall pay the following court cost(s):
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The defendant shall forfeit the defendant’s interest in the following property to the United States:
A money judgment in the amount of the proceeds of the offense of conviction, which is $681,694.00.
Payments shall be applied in the following order: (1) assessment, (2) restitution principal, (3) restitution interest, (4) AVAA assessment,
(5) fine principal, (6) fine interest, (7) community restitution, (8) JVTA assessment, (9) penalties, and (10) costs, including cost of
prosecution and court costs.
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