Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, a Nigerian national involved in bank fraud in the United States of America, has been placed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s wanted list.
The FBI announced that it is offering a bounty of up to $10,000 “for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Adediran”.
The agency said Adediran is wanted for breaching the conditions of his release while facing federal charges in the United States.
According to the FBI, Adediran allegedly entered a bank in Champaign, Illinois, in August 2001 and attempted to withdraw funds linked to a fraudulent cheque deposit.
The suspect, now aged 57, was charged with bank fraud, identification document fraud and credit card fraud before absconding from the Central District of Illinois in December 2001.
He also alleged that Adediran used stolen personal information belonging to American citizens to open bank and credit accounts.
“Adediran fled the Central District of Illinois at the end of December 2001, shortly before his trial in the Central District of Illinois was set to begin on federal charges of bank fraud, identification document fraud, and credit card fraud,” the FBI said.
“On January 2, 2002, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Adediran in the United States District Court, Central District of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, after he was charged with violation of conditions of release.”
The declaration of Adediran as wanted adds to recent cases involving Nigerians linked to fraud-related offences in the United States.
In August, Joseph Oloyede, Apetu of Ipetumodu, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the U.S. over his role in a multimillion-dollar COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.