Ghana hands over Nigerian cyber crime suspect to FBI – US Department of Justice
The United States has secured the extradition of Nigerian citizen Abiola Kayode, 37, on wire fraud charges. Kayode was previously listed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Cyber Criminal List.
Mr Abiola Kayode is accused of sending fraudulent emails to employees of a U.S. company, posing as a business executive and instructing them to wire funds to accounts he and his associates controlled.
These accounts were largely linked to victims of internet romance scams, who were manipulated by co-conspirators to transfer funds.
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Mr Kayode was extradited from Ghana after local authorities granted a U.S. request. He was handed over to FBI agents and appeared in court on Thursday, where he remains detained pending trial.
Several of Kayode’s co-conspirators have already been convicted, with sentences ranging from 49 to 96 months, and millions in restitution. Others are still at large. Ghanaian authorities assisted the FBI in the investigation.