US Court clears Air Peace CEO Onyema, slams $4,000 fine on Springfield Aviation ex-staff
The District Court in Atlanta, Georgia, has exonerated the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, of any wrongdoings related to business fraud after three years of investigation involving about five agencies of the American government and the subsequent legal fireworks.
The court, which discovered that there were no losses against any bank in the indictment suit filed by the Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, however, ordered a probation and $4,000 fine against a former staff of Springfield Aviation Company Inc., Ebony Mayfield, last Friday.
According to a statement by the counsel to the Nigerian Airline, the law firm of Augustine Alegeh & Co., Mayfield was an administrative staff of Springfield with limited knowledge of Letter of Credit Transactions.
Mayfield had pleaded guilty to one count in the indictment, presumably as she realised the futility of attempting to explain several Letters of Credit utilised for the purchase of aircraft for Air Peace Limited in a jury trial.
The firm explained that probation is the lowest possible sentence available under American Federal Law.
The firm also noted that there have been false and unsubstantiated stories in Nigeria about the alleged indictment.
