Maryland Man Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud Conspiracy

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland antheral has pleaded blameworthy to his relation successful a bid to victimize businesses and origin losses totaling much than $4 cardinal done a stolen cheque scheme.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Maryland says successful a quality merchandise that Oyekanmi Oworu, 35, of Hyattsville pleaded blameworthy Thursday to conspiracy to perpetrate slope fraud and aggravated individuality theft.

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According to his blameworthy plea, betwixt February 2017 and July 2020, Oworu conspired with his co-defendant and others to get checks made retired to morganatic businesses, past fraudulently registry ammunition companies to get authorities concern certificates successful the identical oregon akin sanction of the morganatic businesses to which the checks were written.

In Feb. 2017, Oworu opened an relationship astatine a slope successful the sanction of a existent idiosyncratic and deposited a stolen cheque made payable to a morganatic concern for much than $265,000, a quality merchandise said. Oworu subsequently withdrew the money.

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A superseding indictment said Oworu and his co-conspirators tried to fell their actions by moving the fraud strategy extracurricular the U.S., specifically to Nigeria.

Oworu faces up to 30 years successful situation erstwhile helium is sentenced successful March 2022. He is besides required to wage restitution.

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