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The defendant failed to come up with a lawyer throughout his initial court look on August 9. Iweanoje indicated that he was stepping in to defend the Abuja-based business man. Okeke failed to place in a plea once he created his initial court entry.
The defendant, would stand trial in Norfolk Virginia, is predicted to stay in custody till a date is set.
"Since he was arrested on a criminal complaint, it means he could be held in custody pending trial. The jury will decide whether to return indictment or not. If they decide to return indictment, he will be presented before a judge to enter a plea. If he pleads guilty, he would be sentenced. If he pleads not guilty, then a trial date will be set," spokesperson for the US attorney’s office for the Eastern District, Joshua Stueve.
In June 2018, the FBI received complaints from Unatrac, an international subsidiary of heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar that Okeke gained unauthorised access to the e-mail account of its chief financial officer and authorised a series of fictitious invoices to the tune of $11m. The domestic intelligence body also found that Okeke had duped an American shoe manufacturer as part of a business email compromise scheme that he and other accomplices had coordinated..
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