A U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, has filed charges against the Chairman and CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, for alleged obstruction of justice in a case of submitting false documents to stop a federal investigation.
Onyema who was charged along with the airline’s Chief of Administration and Finance, Ejiroghene Eghagha, had already faced charges of bank fraud and money laundering in the same court on charges of submitting false documents in a bid to thwart a federal investigation into their activities.
A superseding indictment released by the U.S. Attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, Ryan Buchanan, on Friday detailing the fresh charges, showed that both Onyema and Eghagha have been under scrutiny since 2019 for alleged money laundering with the Air Peace CEO accused of moving over $20 million from Nigeria through U.S. bank accounts using fraudulent documents under the guise of purchasing airplanes while Eghagha is facing charges of aggravated identity theft in connection with the scheme.
