{"id":70510,"date":"2019-11-23T15:16:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T14:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=70510"},"modified":"2019-11-23T18:15:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T17:15:43","slug":"air-peace-denies-money-laundering-allegations-says-im-ready-to-defend-myself-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/air-peace-denies-money-laundering-allegations-says-im-ready-to-defend-myself-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"AIR PEACE DENIES MONEY LAUNDERING ALLEGATIONS, says I\u2019m ready to defend myself in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0CEO of Air Please, Ifechukwu Onyema, has denied all fraud allegations in the United States, stating that they are false and are in no way in line with his character as a person and as a business man whose only aim has been to build Nigeria and improve wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement he said \u201c As the press statement clearly stated, these are indictment that only contains charges. I am innocent of all charges and the US government will find no dirt on me because I have never conducted business with any illegalities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe rest assured that I also have my lawyers on this and these mere allegations will be refuted. I never laundered money in my life, neither have I committed bank fraud anywhere in the world. Every Kobo I transferred to the US for aircraft purchase went through the Central Bank of Nigeria LC regime and all were used for the same purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American companies that received the funds are still in business. I never took a penny from any US bank or Nigerian bank. I am willing to defend my innocence in the US courts,\u201d Onyema stated.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The US Attorneys office in Georgia had alleged that the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, has been involved with bank fraud and money laundering for moving more than $20 million from Nigeria through United States bank accounts in a scheme allegedly involving false documents .<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The\u00a0CEO of Air Please, Ifechukwu Onyema, has denied all fraud allegations in the United States, stating that they are false and are in no way in line with his&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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