Shodiya (43) and Jamiu (31) were indicted by the United States for their alleged involvement in a $13 million fraudulent business email scheme targeting healthcare companies in Minnesota.

The United States of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to track down and arrest two Nigerians, Babatunde Shodiya and Yinka Jamiu, who were declared wanted for allegedly using a fake website to defraud American healthcare providers of $13 million, People’s Gazette.

Shodiya (43) and Jamiu (31) were indicted by the United States for their alleged involvement in a $13 million fraudulent business email scheme targeting healthcare companies in Minnesota.

They were indicted on September 25 by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for Minnesota for their role in a scheme that defrauded several healthcare providers between October 2020 and 2024.

The U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said that Shodiya and Jamiu manipulated unsuspecting employees of several Minnesota-based healthcare firms, deceiving them into redirecting payments to fraudulent accounts.

Luger said, “As part of the scheme, Babatunde and Ahmed created a fake ‘spoofed’ internet domain designed to appear as though it was controlled by Fairview Health.”

The Attorney added, “Unbeknownst to the vendor companies, the new accounts were actually controlled by Babatunde and Ahmed and their co-conspirators, not Fairview Health.