Popular young Nigerian business mogul, Obinwanne Okeke, known as “Invictus”, who is also the owner of Abuja based company Invictus Group has pleaded guilty in United States for fraudulent activities.
Okeke, who was arrested in August, 2019 by Federal Bureau Of Investigation has admitted he was involved in a $11million fraud in a court ruling on Thursday, June 18.
Okeke, who had earlier pleaded not guilty could face a 20 years jail term in United Stated after his guilty plea clear the paths for his sentencing.
United States, Special Agent Ward said illegal financial transactions were traced to a Gmail account believed to be owned by Okeke. He said, Those transactions had conspiratorial communications with, at least six other emails, were carried out between 2016 and 2019.
“A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors,” the court official said.
Obinwanne Okeke is expected to be sentenced on October 22, 2020.
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