A chartered accountant, Omafume Ayinuola, and her mother, Lydia Ehrievuyere, were on Wednesday brought before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly laundering N1,072,254,411 and $975,102.58.
The Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos took the daughter and mother alongside their company, Patridia Resources Limited, before Justice Nicholas Oweibo over alleged conspiracy, unlawful conversion of funds, money laundering, and fraud.
Police prosecution counsel, Morufu Animashaun, told the court that the defendants committed the said offences between 2017 and 2021 at Trailer Park, in the Agbara area of Lagos State.
According to Animashaun, the defendants allegedly defrauded some companies, which include: Oritsetimeyin Logistics Limited, PUO Assets Limited, Resolution Capital Limited, Pine Petosan Limited, Grace Capital Ltd, RsL International Limited, RsL Ventures Capital Limited, Grace & Mercy Capital Limited, Grace Assets Limited, and one Peter Ukuoritsemofe Ololo.
He said the the loots were meant for the purchase and supplies of consumables for the office of the companies listed above.
However, the defendants denied the charges, as Justice Oweibo adjourned the matter till August 23, 2023, for hearing of the bail applications.
