The United States government has extradited six Nigerians to face a nine-count federal indictment in cases involving fraud schemes.
A statement posted Monday on the US Justice Department website, said the six Nigerians were extradited from South Africa to Gulfport, Mississippi, to face a nine-count federal indictment in the Southern District of Mississippi.
Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and US Attorney Gregory Davis of the Southern District of Mississippi who made the announcement disclosed that a total of 21 defendants were charged in the case.
The statement listed the extradited Nigerians to iinclude: Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30; Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31; Olusegun Seyi Shonekan, 33; Taofeeq Olamilekan Oyelade, 30; Olufemi Obaro Omoraka, 26; and Anuoluwapo Segun Adegbemigun, 39.
Meanwhile, the US government said it was seeking extradition from Nigeria of “defendants Kayode Bamidele, Ajayi Oluwaseyi Stephen and Emmanuel Adeniyi Osokomaiya” while it noted that “defendants Gabriel Oludare Adeniran and Oduntan Sikiru Lawani remain fugitives.”
They were charged along with 15 others in an October 7, 2014, indictment with “conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit identity theft, use of unauthorised account access devices, theft of US government funds and conspiracy to commit money laundering.”
The statement said, “The charges stem from the defendants’ alleged participation in numerous Internet-based complex financial fraud schemes, including romance scams, re-shipping scams, fraudulent cheque scams and work-at-home scams, as well as bank, financial and credit card account takeovers.”
This case is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the US Postal Inspection Service.
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