Crime
2 Nigerian athletes convicted for fraud in the U.S.
Nigerian athletes, Emmanuel Ineh, 23, and Toluwani Adebakin, 25, have been convicted by the United States Government for internet fraud and money laundering conspiracy.
U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson convicted the duo for transferring thousands of dollars to Nigeria as part of a complex fraud scheme.
The US attorney’s office of the southern district of Mississippi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, November 10, 2022.
According to the statement, “The defendants pleaded guilty to violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1957, for engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activities, collectively sending tens of thousands of illicitly obtained proceeds to fraudsters in Nigeria as part of a larger mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy.
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