Nigerian declared wanted by FBI over multi-million Dollars Fraud Fraud

A Nigerian man has been declared wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in the United States of America.

FBI declared Abiola Ayorinde Kayode wanted for fraud.

According to the FBI in a post on its website, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode is wanted for his alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme which defrauded over 70 different businesses in the US, resulting in a combined loss of over 6m dollars.

Kayode was said to have provided bank accounts to others that were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers.

Kayode also allegedly conducted BEC and romance fraud schemes himself.

On August 21, 2019, Kayode, along with Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Felix Osilama Okpoh and Nnamdi Orson Benson was indicted in the United State District Court, District of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska on charges of conspiracy to commit Wire Fraud.

On August 22, 2019, a federal warrant was issued for his arrest.