Federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicts two Ghana natives accused of laundering $411K
PITTSBURGH -- Two local men accused of laundering $411,000 stolen from a Maryland couple were indicted Tuesday afternoon by a federal grand jury and ordered detained.
Ismail Shitu of Brookline and Nathaniel Nyamekye of Chippewa in Beaver County appeared briefly before U.S. Magistrate Cynthia Reed Eddy. Both pleaded not guilty and are scheduled to appear Wednesday for a detention hearing.
The men, both originally from Ghana, were the targets of raids on Friday by the FBI, immigration agents and local police on their residences and a tire shop in Aliquippa owned by Mr. Nyamekye.
The FBI said the two are among a group of criminals who fleeced a retired couple in Rockville, Md., out of the money they hoped to receive from the sale of their home in 2016.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2017/07/25/FBI-Immigration-raids-Pittsburgh-Aliquippa-fraud-Ghana-Maryland-indicted-money-laundering/stories/201707250140
