An American magistrate of the
United States District Court of the Northern District of Georgia, has issued a
warrant of arrest against Allen Onyema of Air Peace Limited for alleged money
laundering and bank fraud in the United States.
According to PremiumTimes, the warrant was signed by Justin Anand on November 19. The
warrant authorised U.S. Marshals Service to take Mr Onyema into custody.
The U.S. and Nigeria have a
mutual legal assistance policy that allows both countries to extradite suspects
facing criminal charges. Several Nigerians have been sent to the U.S. to stand
trial for alleged fraud.
Also, the United States
authorities have frozen about $14.2 million in bank accounts linked to
companies registered by him.
Court documents showed that
$4,017,852.51 was seized from JP Morgan Chase Bank account number ending in
5512 held in the name of Springfield Aviation Company, LLC.
Another $4,593,842.05 held in
Bank of Montreal with account number ending 7523 in the name of Springfield
Aviation Inc. was also seized.
American government also traced
and seized $5,634,842.04 held in Bank of Montreal with account number ending in
515 in the name of Bluestream Aero Services, Inc. .
Mr Onyema has however maintained
his innocence.
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