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By Monica Iheakam
More Nigerian athletes are allegedly under FBI scrutiny in the United States of America for alleged Internet fraud.
This shocking development is in connection with the case of Emmanuel Ineh and Toluwani Adebakin who have been convicted and are facing 0 years imprisonment for wire fraud and money laundering.
Reigning African Games 100m champion, Raymond Ekevwo is among two other Nigerian athletes under investigation and might face prosecution as co-conspirators in the crime.
Ekevwo, a Commonwealth Games bronze medalist, is a student of University of Florida and an NCAA champion.
Other US -based Nigerian athletes being investigated are Anikeme Etim and Long and triple jumper, Mercy Abire.
Ineh and Adebakin were convicted before U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson for transferring thousands of dollars to Nigeria as part of a complex fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Jackson Field Office.
According to court documents the two athletes pleaded guilty to violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1957, for engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activities, collectively sending tens of thousands of illicitly obtained proceeds to fraudsters in Nigeria as part of a larger mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy.
