US to deport Nigerian jailed over $202,000 money-laundering scheme

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The United States has announced plans to deport a Nigerian national, Ayobami Omoniyi, after he completes a 32-month prison sentence for his role in a $202,000 money laundering scheme.

The U.S. Department of Justice disclosed this in a statement published on its website on Thursday.

According to the statement, Omoniyi and his co-conspirators in 2021 received and transferred funds obtained from victims of financial fraud, including a fishing company in Australia.

Investigations revealed that the syndicate operated an unlicensed money-transmitting business linked to business email compromise scams. Punch