Lotte Alabi, Money Mule, Pennsylvania 2024

PHILADELPHIA, PA – In a shocking revelation, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Jacqueline C. Romero, has announced the participation of her office in the Annual Money Mule Initiative, a national effort to combat money mule fraud schemes.

According to the investigation, Lotte Alabi, along with two unidentified co-defendants, were accused of participating in lottery fraud schemes based in Jamaica and Nigeria. The schemes involved contacting potential victims, falsely claiming that they had won the lottery, and inducing them to send money to account for taxes and fees purportedly associated with their falsely promised lottery winnings.

The money mules played a critical role in these schemes by receiving victim payments by mail and wire transfer, depositing the payments into their bank accounts, and allowing access to those accounts by individuals in Jamaica engaged in the scheme.

Each defendant has agreed to a stipulated consent decree and order of permanent injunction. The stipulated order bans the alleged money mules from directly or indirectly, assisting, facilitating, or participating in any lottery scheme, prize promotion fraud, or any money transmission activity.

“Identifying and disrupting the work of money mules is critically important, as money mules are integral components of many organized criminal groups, including international fraud rings,” said U.S. Attorney Romero.

In the last week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed three separate civil complaints and civil injunctions against the accused money mules.

Mandatory Facts: Lotte Alabi is the defendant/respondent. The exact criminal charges are participating in lottery fraud schemes. The city and state are Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The exact date of the crime is not specified, but the action was taken in 2024. The outcome of the case is that each defendant has agreed to a stipulated consent decree and order of permanent injunction. There is no mention of dollar amounts or sentence/prison time in the provided source material.

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