The Thamesmead mastermind behind a team of fraudsters dubbed the Cheeseburger Gang, who plundered a woman's life savings, must repay almost £1m - or face another four years in jail.
Rilwan Oshodi, 31, bought the details of two Santander bank accounts for just £3,200 after the owner unwittingly revealed the information during a phishing scam.
Oshodi's girlfriend, Annette Jabeth, 28, originally from Sierra Leone, posed as the victim and arranged for her bank details to be changed.
The gang then blew the cash in a lavish three-day shopping extravaganza in the New Year sales in January 2012, spending it on goods ranging from cheeseburgers to high-end computers and gold, Southwark Crown Court heard.
Oshodi, of Glendale Way, was jailed for eight years in 2013 for two counts of conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to conceal, disguise, transfer, convert criminal property after a trial.
And, on March 31, Oshodi appeared at a confiscation hearing at Southwark Crown Court where he claimed he had not made a single penny from the scam and insisted the money was not hiding in bank accounts abroad.
The Nigerian national said: "If I have hidden the goods, if I have got money how come I can't pay my solicitor, how come I can't rent a house, how come I was still broke, how come I am still broke, how come I am still poor?
"Wouldn't I get myself a new car, would I not buy myself some new clothes, Louis Vuitton or something?"
While a free man, Oshodi had blown £1,134 on taxis for himself and when he was arrested a stash of expensive electricals was uncovered including a MacBook and an iPhone.
But Judge Stephen Robbins said: "I reject what he said today.
He went on: "He was the main mover and architect of this fraud and he has hidden assets most likely outside this jurisdiction.
Determining Oshodi to have profited £940,820.34 from the fraud, Judge Robbins ordered he repay the total sum within six months or face a further four years in jail."
Jabeth, of Grasshaven Way, Thamesmead, has already been sentenced to four years for conspiracy to defraud.
Four other gang members were also jailed.
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