Sources said there would likely be an extradition process for Okere to be tried in the US. Naidoo said Okere appeared in the Randburg magistrate's court on Wednesday, and the case was remanded to December 15 for a bail application. He said Okere was wanted in the US on counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy of money laundering, and aiding and abetting money laundering. SAPS spokesperson Brig Vish Naidoo confirmed that Isaiah Uwadiegwu Okere, 39, was arrested on December 7. Sources said he was arrested on Tuesday afternoon at his Douglasdale residence on charges of fraud, money laundering and identity theft. ![]() ![]() The Nigerian was arrested in connection with an FBI investigation into so-called romance scamming. The law-enforcement crackdown on the Black Axe organised crime group saw another alleged member of the organisation being nabbed by Interpol in Douglasdale, Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
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