FBI Ghana arrests and extraditions

Ghana-based arrest; extradited to Tennessee · 2019

Babatunde Martins

Nigerian citizen; resident in Accra

Convicted; sentenced to time served

Accra-based defendant transferred for FBI-led fraud case

No verified subject photograph in the cited official release

Babatunde Martins was a Nigerian citizen residing in Accra when authorities reported overseas arrests in an FBI-led case. A 2019 DOJ release confirmed his extradition and initial appearance in Memphis.

The federal case alleged business-email compromise and associated fraud. A later DOJ release listed Martins among convicted defendants and reported a sentence of time served, approximately three and a half years. The cited release does not publish an individual portrait or explicitly give the place of his overseas arrest.

Official reporting

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