Chimaroke Nnamani, a Nigerian ex-senator, is accused of stealing $41.8 million while serving as governor of Enugu State and using the money to purchase luxury real estate in Florida. The allegations were made public by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States.
According to Peoples Gazette, this information may be found in the court records associated with the forfeiture process.
The police also alleged that Nnamani spent $1.8 million in cash to acquire the home located at 1972 Bridgewater Drive in Heathrow, Florida. This sum was considered to be a portion of the stolen funds.
According to a complaint statement from 2009, Nnamani, who was described as a United States citizen, conspired with his sister Chinero Nwigwe and three other individuals to steal public funds while serving as governor of Enugu State between May 1999 and May 2007. The period in question was between May 1999 and May 2007.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Nnamani, a medical doctor, stole $41.868,877.05 during one of the many illegal schemes he pulled off while serving as governor of Enugu. This amount was equivalent to N5.3 billion at the time.
The FBI asserts that Nnamani does not have a sufficient source of lawful income to account for the acquisition of the lavish real estate he has accumulated in Florida, given that the former governor earned an official salary of $10,670 per year during his tenure as governor. As a result of this, Judge Williams Acker of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled that Nnamani’s assets be forfeited to the government of the United States of America.
The authorities further alleged that Nnamani was involved in a plot to defraud the State of Enugu, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in violation of Nigerian law beginning in 2003 and lasting until at least 2005. He had created 20 bank accounts with AmSouth Bank in Orlando, Florida, where he kept his loot even though he remained in Nigeria. The authorities stated that this scam began in 2003 and continued until at least 2005. he was serving as governor. The sources claimed that this scheme started in 2003 and continued until at least 2005.
He did this, although he knew it was against the law for an elected public figure in Nigeria to keep bank accounts outside the country. In addition, the statement said that Nnamani had established the company Rock City Group, LLC to carry out the scam.