Warrant Issued for Permanent Resident from Nigeria for Failure to Report to Federal Prison
1776254400 · Press release
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<p> </p><p><strong>NEW ORLEANS – </strong>United States Attorney David I. Courcelle announced that, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Phillips Currault signed a complaint and issued an arrest warrant for <strong>EMUOBOSAN EMANUELLA HALL</strong>, age 45, of Atlanta, Georgia, for failure to report to the Bureau of Prisons to serve a sentence. <strong>HALL</strong>, a citizen of Nigeria and a U.S. permanent resident, had been sentenced to eight years in prison by U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo for her role in a romance scam. <strong>HALL </strong>is currently at large.</p><p>According to the criminal complaint, <strong>HALL</strong> was charged in April 2024 by a federal grand jury in New Orleans with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. She was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, and was granted bond. <strong>HALL </strong>subsequently pleaded guilty. In January 2026, U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced <strong>HALL </strong>to 96 months in prison. Judge Milazzo permitted <strong>HALL </strong>to remain on bond and ordered her to report to her designated Bureau of Prisons institution to serve her sentence by March 25, 2026.</p><p>However, <strong>HALL </strong>did not report as ordered. According to GPS data from her monitoring device, <strong>HALL’s </strong>last known location was Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 24, 2026, where the device ceased operating. <strong>HALL </strong>had provided her probation officer with her flight information to Minnesota, where she was designated to serve her sentence. According to airline records, <strong>HALL </strong>did not board that flight. Phone records suggest that <strong>HALL </strong>traveled to Dulles Airport outside of Washington, D.C.</p><p><strong>HALL </strong>had pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud mostly older women in a romance scam. Her codefendant, Kenneth G. Akpieyi, of Marietta, Georgia, was convicted after a four-day jury trial in July 2025 and was sentenced by Judge Milazzo to 25 years in prison. According to evidence presented at trial and court documents, members of this conspiracy falsely represented themselves to be generals, philanthropists, or entrepreneurs who lived outside the United States. Conspirators would meet victims on Facebook, Instagram, and similar social media platforms, gain trust from the victims, and then ask the victims to move their conversations to WhatsApp or another encrypted platform. Thereafter, the perpetrators would foster a romantic relationship with their victims and then ask the victims to send money for fraudulent reasons, such as to help with charitable work or to assist sick family members. According to court documents, Akpieyi and <strong>HALL </strong>organized a company, Le Beau Monde LLC, which they used in furtherance of romance scam. <strong>HALL </strong>would deposit victim funds into accounts held in the name of her company and then transfer those funds to accounts at other financial institutions, including foreign banks. <strong>HALL </strong>admitted responsibility for $851,207.00 in losses to victims of this scheme, while Akpieyi was found to be responsible for victim losses exceeding $3.5 million. Akpieyi was remanded into custody after trial, and he is currently serving his sentence in custody of the Bureau of Prisons.</p><p>United States Attorney Courcelle stated, “Our office will vigorously enforce the law, particularly when a defendant fails to report to prison to serve her sentence. Her failure to report to prison reflects an utter lack of respect for the law. <strong>HALL </strong>was sentenced for her role in defrauding women, often of money that they had saved for their retirement. Our office will continue to prosecute fraud wherever it occurs, especially when criminals exploit vulnerable victims.”</p><p>If convicted, <strong>HALL </strong>faces a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years of imprisonment to be served consecutively to her prior sentence, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 3146(a)(2) and (b)(1)(A)(i). She may be fined up to $250,000, and she may receive a term of supervised release of up to three years. She also faces payment of a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.</p><div><p>U.S. Attorney Courcelle praised the work of the FBI New Orleans Field Office in investigating this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew R. Payne, Senior Litigation Counsel, is in charge of the prosecution.</p><p><em>We are asking for the public’s assistance. To provide tips call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or send information to </em><a href="http://www.tips.fbi.gov"><em>www.tips.fbi.gov</em></a><em> .</em></p><p><em>On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division. The core mission of the Fraud Division is to zealously investigate and prosecute those who steal or fraudulently misuse taxpayer dollars. Department of Justice efforts to combat fraud support President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.</em></p></div><div><p class="text-align-center"><strong>*</strong> * *</p></div>
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