Following allegations of fraud and money laundering, the United States Government has frozen about $14.2 million in bank accounts linked to companies registered by Allen Onyema, the Chairman of Air Peace Limited.
The companies’ bank accounts in the U.S. and Canada have been frozen with their substantial balances as part of the investigation, court documents showed. The documents showed that $4,017,852.51 was seized from JP Morgan Chase Bank account number ending in 5512 held in the name of Springfield Aviation Company, LLC.
Another $4,593,842.05 held in Bank of Montreal with account number ending 7523 in the name of Springfield Aviation Inc. was also seized. American government also traced and seized $5,634,842.04 held in Bank of Montreal with account number ending in 515 in the name of Bluestream Aero Services, Inc.