A United States court has issued a warrant to arrest Allen Onyema, the chief executive officer of Air Peace, over fraud allegation.
The warrant was signed on November 19 by Justin Anand, a US magistrate in the district court of the northern district of Georgia, Premium Times reports.
According to the newspaper, the warrant authorized US Marshals Service to bring Onyema into custody.
A statement by the district attorney’s office on Friday accused Mr. Onyema of moving more than $20 million from Nigeria through US bank accounts in a scheme involving “false documents” based on the purchase of airplanes.
He was indicted alongside Ejiroghene Eghagha, the airline’s chief of administration and finance, who is said to have committed aggravated identity theft in connection with the scheme.
“Onyema allegedly leveraged his status as a prominent business leader and airline executive while using falsified documents to commit fraud,” Byung J, US attorney of the district, was quoted to have said.
However, the Air Peace boss denied the allegation, saying the allegation as unfounded and strange.
In a statement issued through his lawyers, on Saturday, the businessman said he is ready to clear his name.
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