Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Tampa, FL – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida (MDFL) announced today the extradition of Adedotun Abraham Adeyemo (47, of Pretoria, South Africa) and the unsealing of a superseding indictment charging him with two counts of wire fraud and two related counts of aggravated identity theft. Each wire fraud count carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and each aggravated identity theft count carries a mandatory two-year prison term, consecutive to any sentence for the underlying felony. This case is part of nationwide enforcement actions led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, Internal Revenue Service, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation targeting tax fraud and related offenses. The MDFL was a key participant in this surge effort.