The suspect faces a seven-count indictment in the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Does Ilhan Omar know these people? Are they from her wonderfully managed home country of Somalia?” said the U.S. president
However, Mr Falade, 62, his son Emmanuel, 32, alongside their conspirators, fraudulently inflated reimbursement claims receiving $2.2 million, which they diverted.
He was charged by a grand jury on September 3, but his trial is scheduled to begin on November 10.
Mr Ochie’s arrest comes barely a week after Theophilis Anwana was sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape in U.S.
Mr Akhimie admitted in court that he defrauded over 400 individuals and earned $6 million in ill-gotten money during the span of the scheme.
“Neither ‘Tali Shani’ was who they said they were, and neither was the person who purchased this property in 1993,” said the judge.
A U.S.-based Nigerian Yahoo boy, Rotimi Oladimeji, has been arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement team in New Orleans.
Mr Anwana, 37, was arrested on August 28 by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Baltimore.
