Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, who was on the wanted list by FBI for wife fraud has reportedly been extradited to the District of Nebraska for trial.
Susan Lehr, a United States Attorney revealed this stating that Abiola Kayode had committed wire fraud and went into hiding in Ghana.
However, with the help of law enforcement authorities in Ghana, he was nabbed in April 2023.
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Ghana agreed to send him, and he was handed over to special agents from the FBI, who then took him to Nebraska.
The 37-year-old was on FVI’s most wanted cyber Criminal list after being involved in a business email compromise ploy from January 2015 to September 2016.
On December 11, 2024, Kayode had his first court hearing for this case.
The judge, Michael D. Nelson, said Kayode must stay in jail until his trial happens.
The indictment alleges that Kayode’s accomplices impersonated the owner, president, CEO, or other officials of the targeted companies.
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By using fake email addresses that seemed to come from the actual business leaders, Kayode’s accomplices directed email recipients or company employees to initiate wire transfers.
Believing the requests were legitimate, the company staff followed the instructions and sent the money as directed by Kayode’s co-conspirators.
Kayode is said to have given his bank account details to people involved in a scam.
These people sent fake emails telling business workers to transfer money to accounts controlled by Kayode and others.
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Most of these bank accounts belonged to people who had been tricked in online romance scams. They were told by the scammers to move the money to different bank accounts.
“Four years ago, we identified six Nigerian nationals suspected of defrauding individual victims and businesses in Nebraska and other states of millions of dollars,” said FBI Omaha Special Agent in Charge Eugene Kowel.
“Today, Abiola Kayode is the second of those co-conspirators to be extradited to stand trial in Nebraska. Our message to the remaining four co-conspirators; we are coming for you.
Dismantling cyber-criminal groups that victimize U.S. citizens is a priority for the FBI, DOJ, and our international law enforcement partners.
The FBI, working together with our partners in Ghana, particularly the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice, the Ghana Police Service – INTERPOL, and the Ghana Immigration Service, will continue to pursue and bring to justice criminals who engage in Business Email Compromise and other fraud schemes.”
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