The Federal Goverment of Nigerian has extradited a high wire fraud suspect, one Adedunmola Gbadegesin to the United States of America on Monday, April 26, 2022.
Gbadegesin was extradited to the United States where he was declared wanted in a case of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
The offences contravene Title 18, US Code, Section 1349 and 1956 (h) and carries a maximum jail term of 20 years.
The Head of Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Wednesday that the extradition of the fugitive was coordinated by the EFCC.
He said, the extradition was in line with “a request from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, pursuant to a February 11, 2022 Order by Justice D.E Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos, in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/765/21, which granted a request to extradite the suspect to the United States to answer to criminal charges bordering on romance scam, wire fraud and money laundering.
“Gbadegesin who was arrested on September 2, 2021, is alleged to have defrauded an America lady living in Kentucky, United States, of over $148,000
“Upon arriving in the United States, the suspect is billed to appear before a United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, where two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering have been filed against him.”