诈骗案逃犯Adetunji Abudu潜逃7年后在Boston Logan机场被捕：涉为尼日利亚骗局洗钱数百万美元、专骗美国长者
据美国司法部罗得岛区联邦检察官办公室10月26日发布，34岁的尼日利亚 Lagos 籍男子 Adetunji Abudu 在一个周一晚间于马萨诸塞州 Boston 的 Logan 国际机场被捕，当时他正试图从土耳其 Istanbul 重新入境美国；他已于10月21日在罗得岛州联邦地区法院出庭，法官下令将其拘留候审。
Abudu 是 Providence 联邦大陪审团一份替代起诉书中六名被告之一。起诉书指控，这批被告为一系列源自尼日利亚的诈骗计划清洗了数百万美元赃款，受害者主要是美国老年居民。检方指，被害人是被网上交友诈骗、虚假抽奖中奖骗局、虚假租房广告和虚假网购发货交易等方式欺骗的。
按起诉书，骗得的资金经由罗得岛州、爱达荷州及其他地方的银行账户和企业层层流转，相当一部分最终被汇往尼日利亚；团伙成员还涉嫌用赃款购买汽车并运往海外。
司法部称，Abudu 于2019年在联邦调查局（FBI）持法院授权搜查其位于罗得岛州 North Providence 的住所后逃离美国前往尼日利亚，此后潜逃约七年。他的五名同案被告 Dotun Olawale Alonge、Oluwaseyi Akintol、Samson Ikotun、Olabode Shaba 与 Oladipup Shodipu 此前已分别承认共谋洗钱，刑期从已服刑期到42个月监禁不等。
此案由助理联邦检察官 John P. McAdams 负责起诉，联邦调查局主办，美国邮政检查局以及俄亥俄州 Tallmadge、爱达荷州 Moscow 两地警察局协助。司法部表示，联邦起诉书只是一项指控，被告在被证明有罪之前推定无罪。
Fugitive Adetunji Abudu Arrested at Boston Logan Airport After 7 Years on the Run in Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Laundering Case Targeting Elderly Americans
Adetunji Abudu, 34, of Lagos, Nigeria, was arrested on a Monday night at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, as he attempted to re-enter the United States from Istanbul, Turkey, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island announced on October 26. Abudu appeared on October 21, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island and was ordered detained pending trial.
Abudu is one of six defendants charged in a superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Providence, alleging that the individuals laundered millions of dollars obtained through a series of fraud schemes operated from Nigeria that primarily targeted elderly U.S. residents. According to the indictment, victims were allegedly deceived through online romance scams, fraudulent sweepstakes schemes, false rental listings, and sham online shipping transactions.
Funds collected from victims were allegedly funneled through bank accounts and businesses in Rhode Island, Idaho, and elsewhere, with significant proceeds ultimately sent to Nigeria. Members of the conspiracy also allegedly purchased vehicles with illicit proceeds that were shipped overseas.
The Justice Department said Abudu fled the United States to Nigeria in 2019 after the FBI executed a court-authorized search of his residence in North Providence, Rhode Island. Five of his co-defendants, Dotun Olawale Alonge, Oluwaseyi Akintol, Samson Ikotun, Olabode Shaba, and Oladipup Shodipu, subsequently pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy and received sentences ranging from time served to 42 months imprisonment.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John P. McAdams. The matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with assistance from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Tallmadge (Ohio) and Moscow (Idaho) Police Departments. A federal indictment is merely an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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