A 37-year-old Nigerian, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, has been extradited to the United States from Ghana, over a conspiracy to commit wire fraud indictment, filed in August 2019 in Nebraska, USA.
The suspect was arrested by the Ghana Police Service- INTERPOL in April 2023, in connection with a $6 million Business Email Compromise scheme. He had an initial appearance on the Indictment on December 11, 2024 and US Magistrate Judge Michael D. Nelson ordered he remain detained pending trial.
The scheme involved co-conspirators impersonating company executives via spoofed emails, tricking employees into wiring funds. Victims of romance scams were also reportedly used to launder money through their accounts. Several co-conspirators have already been convicted, with sentences ranging from 45 to 96 months in prison, while others remain at large.
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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