A 39-year-old Nigerian businessman, Edwin Omokhuale, wanted by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) over a multi-million-pound fraud case, has been arrested at Dublin Airport, Ireland.
Omokhuale was picked up by officers of An Garda Síochána on Wednesday afternoon as he prepared to board a flight to Paris. The arrest followed a warrant issued by UK authorities.
He is facing money laundering charges connected to a fraud scheme that targeted an Australian mining company in early 2023, in which roughly $23 million (about €19.7 million) was allegedly siphoned off. Investigators say the fraud was orchestrated by a UK-based syndicate that tricked employees of the mining firm into wiring funds to accounts controlled by the suspects.
Omokhuale was reportedly resident in the UK at the time the fraud occurred.
He appeared before a Dublin court on Thursday, September 10, as extradition proceedings to send him back to the UK begin.
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