An American woman linked to the $20 million fraud allegedly organised by Air Peace CEO, Allen Onyema, has expressed regrets over her involvement in the scheme.
Ebony Mayfield said her participation in the alleged fraud brought shame upon her family.
The United States government arrested her on 7 June 2019, and subsequently charged her with eight counts of fraud at the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
She initially pleaded “not guilty” to all charges, but later changed her plea to “guilty” on 29 June.
The judge, Eleanor Ross, then fixed 28 October (Friday, tomorrow) for her sentencing.
She now faces five years jail term, aside agreeing to make full restitution of all the proceeds she benefitted from the alleged fraud.
Ahead of the sentencing, however, Ms Mayfield’s lawyer, Manubir Arora, on 13 October, filed for a “downward variance” of sentence.
She pleaded with the judge in her court filing to sentence her to a “conditional release”…
