A Nigerian man, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, has been declared wanted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Kayode is wanted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Also known by aliases ‘Ginger’ and ‘ABK’, Kayode born November 14, 1987, is believed to “currently reside in Nigeria,” according to the FBI.
Kayode’s National Crime Information Center number is W210990624.
The Nigerian is wanted for his alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme that defrauded over 70 different businesses in the United States resulting in combined losses of over $6,000,000.
Kayode allegedly provided bank accounts to others that were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers. Kayode also allegedly conducted BEC and romance fraud schemes himself.
On August 21, 2019, Kayode, along with Felix Osilama Okpoh, and Nnamdi Orson Benson, was indicted in the United States District Court, District of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud.
On August 22, 2019, a federal warrant was issued for his arrest.
“If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate,” said the FBI.
Meanwhile, two Nigerians, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, 26, and Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun, 24, were extradited from Nigeria to the United States to face charges related to the sexual extortion and death of a young man in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Aina is charged with cyberstalking, an interstate threat to injure reputation, and receiving proceeds of extortion. Both Aina and Abiodun are charged with wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy.
After being charged by complaint, Aina and Abiodun were arrested in Nigeria and taken into custody by the FBI on July 31, 2024. They were extradited to the United States with the assistance of the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, the FBI Legal Attaché in Abuja, and the FBI.
The support and assistance of Nigerian security authorities was essential to this effort, notably that of Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the Federal Ministry of Justice’s International Criminal Justice Cooperation Department, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Aina and Abiodun have now been brought to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for prosecution and appeared in federal magistrate court in Philadelphia before U.S. Magistrate Elizabeth T. Hey on Friday, August 2.
If convicted of the charged offences, Aina faces a maximum possible sentence of lifetime imprisonment, and Abiodun faces a maximum possible sentence of 40 years’ imprisonment.
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