The Federal Bureau of Investigation has placed a bounty of $10,000 on a Nigerian, Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, who was declared wanted for bank fraud.

The FBI, in a statement on Wednesday, announced a bounty of up to $10,000 “for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Olumide Adebiyi Adediran”.

According to the FBI, Mr Adediran is wanted for violation of the conditions of release.  

In August of 2001, Adediran allegedly entered a bank in Champaign, Illinois, and attempted to retrieve funds from a deposited fraudulent check.  

Mr Adediran, 57, was charged with bank fraud, as well as identification document fraud and credit card fraud, before he fled the Central District of Illinois at the end of December 2001.

Mr Adeniran also allegedly used stolen information of American citizens to open bank and charge 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.

It added, “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.”

Mr Adediran being declared wanted by the FBI comes as another case of a Nigerian fingered in fraudulent activities in the U.S.

In August, Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, was sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S. over his role in a multimillion-dollar COVID-19 relief fraud.