NIGERIAN MONEY LAUNDERER SENTENCED TO 54 MONTHS IN WISCONSIN

Emanuel Odiah, arrest photo, Kaufman County, TX. DOB 1/6/1987

A Nigerian laundryman, committing crimes while in the United States on a visa, moving money for a numbe of fraudsters in Nigeria and Ghana, was sentenced to 54 months in Federal Prison in Madison,Wisconsin. EMMANUEL ODIAH, also known as James princeton and Ryan Greg Morrison,  working for criminal organizations involved in computer, based fraud schemes, including romance fraud, collected, concealed and redirected  criminal proceeds, in exchange for a percentage as his fee. He apparently was operating for a time out of Dallas, Texas.

Odiah pled guilty to Conspiracy to commit Money Laundering, in connection with the various wire-fraud schemes. He used several fraudulent passports under his aliases. Research Note: United States vs. Emmanuel Odiah, Case No.: 19-cr-00081 (WD WI).