Indictment — United States v. Adewumi Abioye, Hameed Adesokan and Lukman Salam, District of Maryland

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A grand jury indictment against Adewumi Abioye, Hameed Adesokan and Lukman Salam, Case 1:20-cr-00052-SAG, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, filed 02/11/20 as Document 14. It charges conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349 from about January 2019 to January 2020, alleging the defendants used fake passports in other names, created LLCs such as Geotric Global LLC and Bouken Services, and opened bank accounts to receive money from victim businesses and individuals. It states the defendants received more than $750,000 in fraud proceeds in accounts they controlled. The indictment seeks forfeiture including a money judgment of at least $750,000.

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3. Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Santander, JP Morgan Chase, TD Bank, and
Capital One are all financial institutions as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 20 (collectively referred to as
“F inancial Institutions”), which had physical branches, ATM machines, teller windows,
employees, and in some instances, drive-through car teller windows.

4, The Financial Institutions maintained records concerning financial
transactions in their accounts, including but not limited to records about the individuals
controlling the accounts, surveillance video and/or images, and in some instances,
information about the identification documents used to open an account.

THE CONSPIRACY AND ITS OBJECTS

5. From in or about January 2019, and continuing until in or about January 2020, in
the District of Maryland and elsewhere,

ADEWUMI ABIOYE,
a/k/a “ANDREW ALI,”

HAMEED ADESOKAN,
a/k/a “DAVID BUCHA,”
a/k/a “KENNETH BOULAN,” and

LUKMAN SALAM,
a/k/a “EMERSON DEREK,”

the defendants herein, did knowingly and willfully combine, conspire, confederate and agree with
each other, and with persons known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to knowingly and willfully
devise and intend to devise a scheme and artifice to.defraud victim businesses, individuals, and
the Financial Institutions, and obtain money by means of materially false and fraudulent
pretenses, representations, and promises, and for the purpose of executing and attempting to

execute the scheme to defraud, did knowingly and willfully transmit and cause to be transmitted
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by means of wire communications, in interstate and foreign commerce, writings, signs, signals, .
pictures, and sounds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.

METHODS AND MEANS

Fake Identification Documents

6. It was part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that the defendants obtained
fake and fraudulent passports that contained the defendants’ facial images, but not their real
names.

7. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that ABIOYE
possessed and used a fake and fraudulent passport in the name Andrew Ali.

8. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that ADESOKAN
possessed and used fake and fraudulent passports in the names Kenneth Boulan and David
Bucha.

9. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that SALAM
possessed and used a fake and fraudulent passport in the name Emerson Derek.

Limited Liability Companies and “Doing Business As” Entities

‘10. ‘Jt was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that ABIOYE and
ADESOKAN created limited liability companies (“LLCs”) for the purpose of hiding their
identities and frustrating the efforts of the Financial Institutions and law enforcement to identify
and investigate the conspiracy and scheme to defraud.

11. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that ABIOYE created
and controlled LLCs named Geotric Global LLC (“Geotric”’) and Geotrics Global LLC

(“Geotrics”).
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12. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that ADESOKAN
created and controlled LLCs named Bouken Services (“Bouken”) and Buchaz Crystal
(“Buchaz”).

13. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that SALAM used a
doing business as (“d/b/a”) entity named Annytee Global Logistics (“Annytee”).

14. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that the defendants
visited the Financial Institutions and opened bank accounts in the names of LLCs and a d/b/a
entity that they used and controlled.

15. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that in or about March
2019, ADESOKAN opened bank accounts for Buchaz and Bouken at Santander Bank.

16. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that in or about April
2019, ABIOYE opened a bank account ending in 8006 (“BOA 8006”) for Geotric at a Maryland
Bank of America branch.

The Co-Consp irators Obtained Money Through Fraud

17. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that the defendants and
their co-conspirators made materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and
promises to the victim businesses, individuals, and Financial Institutions, in order to obtain
money.

18. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that in order to obtain

the victims’ money, the defendants and their co-conspirators caused interstate and foreign wires.
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19. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that in or about June
2019, the co-conspirators caused a victim with the initials S.M. to send more than $10,000 to
BOA 8006, resulting in a foreign wire communication.

20. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that the defendants
received more than $750,000 in fraud proceeds in bank accounts that they controlled.

Additional Transactions

21. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that the defendants,
their co-conspirators, and others, withdrew and transferred money from bank accounts,
purchased cashier’s checks, and engaged in other financial transactions.

22. ~ It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that the defendants
and their co-conspirators engaged in financial transactions that caused interstate and foreign wire
communications.

23. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that in or about June
2019, the co-conspirators caused multiple wires to be sent from Santander Bank, resulting in
foreign wire communications. |

24. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that in or about June
2019, ADESOKAN caused multiple financial transactions at Capital One, including more than
$10,000 in cash withdrawals and account transfers, and a wire transfer of more than $10,000 that.
was for the benefit of Emerson Derek.

25. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that in or about
September 2019, SALAM purchased a check from TD Bank for more than $25,000 that was

made payable to Geotrics.
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26. It was further part of the conspiracy and scheme to defraud that the defendants and

their co-conspirators used and enjoyed the benefit of money obtained by fraud.

18 U.S.C. § 1349,
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FORFEITURE

The Grand Jury for the District of Maryland further finds that:

lL, Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2, notice is hereby given to the defendants that the
United States will seek forfeiture as part of any sentence in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § |
981(a)(1)(C), 21 U.S.C. § 853, and 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c), in the event of the defendants’
conviction on this Indictment.

Wire Fraud Forfeiture

2. | Upon conviction of the offense in violation of Title 18, United States Code,

Sections 1349 and 1343, as set forth in Count One of this Indictment,

ADEWUMI ABIOYE,
a/k/a “ANDREW ALI,”

HAMEED ADESOKAN,
a/k/a “DAVID BUCHA,”
a/k/a “KENNETH BOULAN,” and

LUKMAN SALAM,
a/k/a “EMERSON DEREK,”

the defendants herein, shall forfeit to the United States, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) and
28 U.S.C. § 2461(c), all property, real or personal, which constitutes or is derived from proceeds
traceable to the offenses, including but not limited to at least $750,000 in U.S. currency in the

form of a money judgment.

Substitute Assets

3. If, as a result of any act or omission of the defendant, any such property subject to
forfeiture,
(a) cannot be located upon the exercise of diligence;
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(b) _ has been transferred, or sold to, or deposited with a third person;
(c) has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the Court;
(d) has been substantially diminished in value; or

(e) has been commingled with other property which cannot be subdivided without
difficulty;

the United States, pursuant to pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 853(p), shall be entitled to forfeiture of
substitute property up to the value of the forfeitable property.
18 U.S.C. § 981(a)C1)(C)

21 U.S.C. § 853
28 U.S.C. § 2461(c)

ROBERT K. HUR
United States aR ey

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