Togolese man with ties to Ghana pleads guilty in $5.7m US fraud case
Gedeon Mawulolo Agbeyome pleaded guilty on March 20 to conspiracy to commit money laundering and aggravated identity theft. He was also ordered to pay $5.7M in restitution and preliminary forfeiture.
Gedeon Mawulolo Agbeyome, a Togolese permanent resident of the United States (US) with ties to Ghana, reportedly pleaded guilty to money laundering and stealing millions of dollars from Americans. According to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), he used stolen identities to open shell businesses and bank accounts that received nearly $3 million in fraudulent funds, including money from a U.S. government environmental trust fund, in an international business email fraud scheme. ICE indicated that he was arrested after a federal warrant was issued for him.
He was sentenced to a jail term of five years. ICE also indicated that Mawulolo Agbeyome has an existing final removal order and a rap sheet that includes convictions and arrests for aggravated ID theft, prostitution, counterfeit credit cards, and commercial bribery/counterfeiting/forgery.
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A Togolese man with ties to Ghana has been implicated in a fraud case in the US- involving money laundering and identity theft. The case has caught the attention of both US and international authorities - but what exactly did he do?
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