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Adedunmola Gbadegesin, 33, extradited to the United States of America on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiring to commit money laundering, creating of false love app to swindle unsuspecting persons, faces up to 20 years in prison.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in collaboration with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Nigerian Attorney General’s office had investigated the fraud case.
Gbadegesin, 33, a resident of Lagos, alongside two others, Olatunbosun Oluwakayode Ajayi, 34, of Atlanta Georgia, and Otunuya Ineh Eqwem Livingstone, 45, of Houston Texas, were charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The defendant faces 20 years in American prisons with a maximum fine of $500,000. He will make his first appearance in court on May 2, 2022, at exactly 11;30 am, American time,
According to an indictment by FBI Special Agent, Louisville Field Office, Gbadegesin, 33 Ineh Eqwem, Ajayi, and Ismaila Fafunmi, all residents of USA were hired by Gbadegesin to receive funds from victims and to launder those funds, so the funds could be returned back to Gbadegesin in Nigeria.
Fafunmi, Ineh Eqwem and Ajayi pleaded guilty to their role in August 2021 and were sentenced to 51 months, 24 months and 12 months, in prison respectively.
The principal suspect Gbadgesin was also arrested by Nigerian authorities on September 22, 2021, in Lagos, at the request of the United States and was transferred into U.S. custody on Tuesday.
Gbadegesin and his co-conspirators, according to an indictment collaborated to create fake online dating profiles, to post to online dating websites and would engage in online chats, emails, and telephone calls with unwitting victims, who were located in the United States, including one in Lexington.
They would find a way to convince their unsuspecting victims to send money to their imaginary romantic partners to swindle them off their hard earned money that would later be shared amongst the co-conspirators.