The Air Peace boss has reportedly landed in fresh trouble in the United States of America over an ongoing money laundering charges against him, of which ij the latest update on the matter, he an arrest warrant has been issued against him and the company’s Chief of Administration and Finance, Ejiroghene Eghagha.
According to a statement released on October 8, 2024 by the court clerk of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, Kevin Weimer, revealed that an arrest warrant has been issued for Eghagha over her role in the alleged attempt to obstruct justice in the alleged money laundering charges against Chief Allen Onyema.
Both Onyema and Ejiroghene Eghagha have been indicted and accused of tendering false documents in a bid to thwart a federal investigation into their activities, in a superseding indictment charges.
Meanwhile, the duo have actually been under investigation by the U.S authority since 2019 for alleged case of money laundering, of which Allen Onyema is accused of laundering about 20 million US dollars from Nigeria via some US bank accounts, backed up by some forged documents under the pretext of buying aircrafts in the US for Air Peace.
On her part, Eghagha is charged equally with aggravated identity theft all connected to the main case of money laundering. Last Friday, US Attorney in Atlanta Georgia, one Ryan Buchanan revealed an indepth details of the latest charges against Allen and Eghagha, which indicted the duo in an additional and fresh fraudulent acts solely aimed at obstructing the ongoing investigation and eventual justice.
Know it, that since some time in May 2016, both Onyema and Ejiroghene Eghagha have been under investigation according to the documents released by the US Attorney. Which implicated Allen Onyema and Ejiroghene Eghagha, and accused them of employing series of export letters of credit aimed at kicking off a financial transaction (transfer) of over $20 million into Atlanta-based accounts controlled by the former.
Worthy of mention is the fact that this said funds in the region of over $20 million was purportedly meant for the purchase of five (5) Boeing 737 commercial aircrafts for Air Peace Nigeria.
But following the ongoing investigation which indicted Allen and Eghagha, the supporting documents for the intended transactions, including the bills of sale, purchasing agreements and even the appraisals were all alleged to have been compromised and forged by the defendants.
Unfortunately, the ongoing investigation has reportedly uncovered that the planes were meant to be purchased from Springfield Aviation Company LLC, a Georgia-registered business owned by the Air Peace owner.
AIR PEACE REACTS TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT…
In a Swift statement released by Air Peace on Sunday afternoon, October 13, 2024, they acknowledged the fact that the story is true but made it clear that it is just a case ongoing already in the US. Also, that it is an extended legal process into the matter, and that the public have nothing to be worried about.
The statement admitted that there are new angle to the cases but assured that both Allen Onyema and Ejiroghene Eghagha are innocent of the charges, and hoping that their legal team will do justice to the case.
Further, they assured the public that the matter has nothing to do with the daily running of Air Peace in any way, and urge their esteemed customers to continue patronizing Air Peace.
READ THE COMPLETE STATEMENT BELOW…
