Illinois Resident Pleads Guilty To Fraud And Money Laundering Conspiracy

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, a/k/a Bola, a/k/a Bola Flexx, a/k/a Bobo Chicago, age 27, of Chicago, Illinois, entered a guilty plea to one count of Wire Fraud Conspiracy, punishable by up to 27 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, one count of Wire Fraud, punishable by up to 27 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and one count of Money Laundering Conspiracy, punishable by up to 27 years in prison and the greater of either a fine of $500,000 or twice the value of the property involved in the transaction.

The Second Superseding Indictment alleged that beginning in June 2023 and continuing through September 2023, Bombata and other co-conspirators devised and executed a scheme to defraud and deceive victims by using "spoofed" emails and websites with falsely registered domain names to convince victims to wire funds to bank accounts fraudulently established and controlled by Bombata and his co-conspirators. The Indictment further alleged that beginning in June 2023 and continuing through October 2023, Bombata conspired with others to conduct financial transactions to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the proceeds of the fraud.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Honorable D. Edward Snow, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.

A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentence to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Bombata will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Wittlinger represented the United States.