Ms Mayfield's sentencing on Friday brought her trial to conclusion, but the separate case in which Allen Onyema and an Air Peace official are charged with fraud and money laundering remains.
The defence lawyer, Manubir Arora, had said “imprisonment is not the only form of punishment” and stressed that “probation alone is a viable alternative form of punishment.”
The statement by A.O. Alegeh & Co law firm was silent on the 36 charges of fraud and money laundering still pending against Mr Onyema and his co-defendant at the same court where Ms Mayfield was prosecuted. It added that the US government, which has yet to terminate the pending 36 charges against Mr Onyema and his co-defendant,” admitted in court today that no bank suffered any financial loss in this matter.”
“These stories are far from the truth and are deliberately being peddled by a section of the Nigerian Press for ulterior motives.” Prosecutors said Mr Onyema engaged, Ms Mayfield, a bartender and nightclub dancer, as a manager for his Atlanta, Gerogia-based Springfield Aviation Company LLC in 2016. The fake documents allegedly submitted by the conspirators included fabricated purchase agreements, bills of sale, and valuation.
Mr allegedly moved about $15 million from Springfield Aviation’s account with a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Atlanta, Georgia, to his personal savings account with the same bank in 27 transactions in 2017.Mr Onyema and Air Peace Limited’s Head of Administration and Finance, Ejiroghene Eghagha, are facing 36 charges at the District Court in Atlanta, in connection with the alleged $20 million fraudulent scheme.
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