USA v. Okoronkwo

2:24-cr-00020

August 28, 2025
LA Atty Convicted Of Laundering $2.1M From Swiss Oil Co.

A Los Angeles federal jury on Thursday found a divorce and immigration attorney guilty of money laundering, tax evasion and obstruction of justice related to a $2.1 million payment he received from a Swiss oil company while working in a government position in Nigeria that prosecutors allege was a bribe.
August 25, 2025
LA Atty Used Client Trust Acct. To Hide $2.1M Bribe, Jury Told

A California divorce attorney accepted a $2.1 million bribe from a Swiss oil company related to his work in Nigeria and laundered the money through his U.S. client trust account, a prosecutor told a federal jury in Los Angeles on Monday during opening statements in the attorney's criminal trial.
January 11, 2024
LA Atty Charged Over Swiss Oil Co.'s Alleged $2.1M Bribe

California federal prosecutors announced Thursday they have charged a Valencia, California-based immigration and personal injury attorney with several counts of tax evasion, obstruction of justice and money laundering, stemming from a $2.1 million bribe he is accused of receiving from a foreign petroleum gas and petrochemical company in 2015.