$44.9m Wire Deals: EFCC Special Panel To Investigate Air Peace Boss Onyema - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
November 24, 2019
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCChas waded into the 44.9 million dollars wire fraud and money laundering caseagainst Air Peace Chief Executive Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema hours after hisindictment in the United States US.
Sources said that EFCC, raised what sources referredto as a ”special panel” to investigate the matter shortly after receiving thecharges against Onyema.
Onyema was indicted along with his finance officer,Ejiroghene Eghagha, by the US Department of Justice.
They were accused of “moving more than 20 milliondollars from Nigeria through some United States banks in a scheme involvingfalse documents based on the purchase of airplanes.”
Eghagha, who is the international airline’s Chief ofAdministration and Finance, was also accused of bank fraud and committingaggravated identity theft in connection with the scheme.