Alleged Nigerian scammer, Olalekan Ponle alias Mr. Woodberry has maintained that he is not guilty to any charge of fraud levelled against him after he was arraigned before Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cummings of the United States District Court in Illinois.

Though the fraud charges against Mr. Woodberry has been thrown out as we reported a few days ago, the grand jury’s indictment which summed his offences into eight counts charge is still active.

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Appearing before the court on July 25, Ponle confirmed the receipt of the indictment and entered a plea of not guilty to each count.

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A document we chanced on by the Premium Times read;

“Defendant appears in response to his arrest on 7/2/20. Attorney, Michael Nash, appears on behalf of the defendant. Defendant informed of the charges against him as well as of the possible sentence fine if convicted of those charges.”

“Arraignment proceedings held, Defendant acknowledges receipt of the Indictment, waives formal reading, and enters a plea of not guilty to each count in which he is named.”

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Mr. Woodberry who will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service will know his fate whether the case will go to trial in a status hearing on August 8.

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Fraud case against Olalekan Ponle a.k.a Mr Woodberry, has been dismissed by a United States Court.

Mr Woodberry was arrested in June, alongside Ramon Abbas famed as Hushpuppi, over a multi million dollar wire fraud.

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Woodberry was accused of tricking a Chicago company into sending wire transfers totaling $15.2 million and was extradited to the US on July 2nd.

A jury, at a United States District Court in Illinois, summed up the allegations against him to an eight-count charge of wire fraud, which violates section 1343 of the United States Codes.

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However, the United States government on Monday July 20th filed a motion through its attorney John R. Lausch, requesting that the case against him be dismissed without prejudice.

SOURCE: AfricaCelebrities.Com

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Reports reaching our desks claims Nigerian darling boy and socialite Ray Hushpuppi has been arrested by the Interpol in Dubai.

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The arrest, according to the gist, happened around 2Pm Dubai time by the Interpol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the grounds of being fraud suspects.

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In a video circulating on social media, Hushpuppi and another social media big boy, Mr Woodbery were surrounded by the police officials and taken in for investigation.

Watch the video below.

Controversial journalist Kemi Olunloyo also took to her twitter page to talk about the rumors.

SOURCE: AfricaCelebrities.Com

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