{"id":133866,"date":"2022-01-13T11:20:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T10:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=133866"},"modified":"2022-01-13T11:20:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T10:20:42","slug":"nigerian-man-faces-20-years-imprisonment-in-us-for-fraud-and-money-laundering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/13\/nigerian-man-faces-20-years-imprisonment-in-us-for-fraud-and-money-laundering\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian man faces 20 years imprisonment in US for fraud and money laundering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Nigerian national, Kenneth Emeni, who was indicted in April 2021 in connection with a large fraud and money laundering scheme is facing 20 years imprisonment after pleading guilty before a United States jury on Tuesday, January 11, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents and statements made in connection with the plea hearing, the 29-year-old, residing in Martinsburg, was involved from at least August 2017 to October 8, 2020, with Kenneth Ogudu, also known as Kenneth Lee, John Nassy, Romello Thorpe, Oluwagbenga Harrison, Ouluwabamishe Awolesi, and others in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/14\/us-charges-11-nigerians-with-online-fraud-money-laundering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">money laundering<\/a> conspiracy that took place in Huntington and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Emeni lived in Huntington from August 2017 to December 2019. As part of the scheme, Emeni\u2019s co-conspirators created online false personas and contacted victims via email, text messaging or online dating and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/04\/nigerian-national-arrested-in-india-for-allegedly-duping-people-on-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> websites in order to induce the victims into believing they were in a romantic relationship, friendship or business relationship with various false personas.<\/p>\n<p>The victims were persuaded to send money for a variety of false and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/24\/nigerian-pastor-faces-5-years-in-us-prison-for-arranging-fraudulent-marriages-for-green-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fraudulent<\/a> reasons for the benefit of the false personas.<\/p>\n<p>Emeni\u2019s role in the conspiracy was to let victims transfer money to his bank account that he knew was from unlawful activity.<\/p>\n<p>Emeni admitted that after the victims\u2019 funds were deposited into his account, he kept some of the money for himself and forwarded some of the money to his co-conspirators via wire transfers or Zelle.<\/p>\n<p>Emeni received approximately $42,050 from his co-conspirators\u2019 transfers and transferred approximately $46,197 to his co-conspirators during the money laundering conspiracy. Emeni further admitted that he and his co-conspirators transferred large sums of their fraud proceeds to offshore accounts. From 2018 until 2020, Emeni transferred over $358,846 to accounts in Nigeria and Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Emeni faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on April 11, 2022. As part of his plea agreement, Emeni agreed to pay $904,126.96 in restitution.<\/p>\n<p>United States Attorney Will Thompson made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the United States Secret Service, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-Office of Inspector General (FDIC-OIG), the West Virginia State Police and the South Charleston Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorneys R. 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