Fatade Idowu Olamilekan, a wire fraud suspect on the FBI’s wanted list, was extradited to the US on Thursday, July 14, 2022, for allegedly stealing over $3.5 million in equipment in various cities across the US.
According to a statement by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spokesman Wilson Uwujaren, his extradition was coordinated by the Commission in response to a notice from the FBI New York, through the US Legal Attaché, for his role in impersonating various cities, states, and academic institutions across the United States.
A grand jury in the Southern District of New York indicted Fatade for wire fraud, interstate transportation of stolen property, and identity theft.
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The suspect was apprehended on September 30, 2021, by EFCC operatives, and his extradition trial began in November 2021 before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
On May 1, 2022, the Judge granted the request to extradite the suspect to the United States to face criminal charges.
