US to deport Nigerian after prison term for money laundering
Three to four sentences summarizing the article. Ayobami Omoniyi, a Nigerian national, has been sentenced to 32 months in a US federal prison for his involvement in a $202,000 money laundering scheme. The U.S. Department of Justice stated that Omoniyi and his co-conspirators operated an unlicensed money-transmitting business linked to financial fraud. Upon completion of his sentence, Omoniyi will be deported as he is not a US citizen. Another Nigerian, Chukwuemeka Ahanonu, was recently sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Kingdom for murder.
What happened
- Ayobami Omoniyi was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for his role in a $202,000 money laundering scheme.
- The Justice Department revealed that Omoniyi and others received and transferred funds from victims of financial fraud, including a fishing company in Australia.
- Omoniyi admitted to knowingly moving fraud proceeds through multiple bank accounts and transmitting funds to other members of the scheme.
- He was ordered to pay $202,273.80 in restitution and will be deported after serving his sentence.
- Chukwuemeka Ahanonu was sentenced to life imprisonment in the UK for the murder of a 56-year-old woman, Nila Patel, in Leicester.
