A United States court has dismissed the case against Olalekan Ponle aka Woodberry, who was accused of multi-million dollar wire fraud, PremiumTimes is reporting
According to the complaint against Mr Ponle, an unnamed Chicago company was tricked into sending wire transfers totalling $15.2 million. Companies based in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New York and California also were victims of the fraud, prosecutors say.
He was subsequently indicted on an eight-count charge of wire fraud by a grand jury. However, on Monday, the U.S government filed a motion through its attorney, John R. Lausch, requesting that the case against him should be dismissed without prejudice.
“Counsel for the government has spoken with counsel for the defendant and defendant’s counsel has no objection to this motion. Respectfully submitted,” Mr Lausch stated.
PT reports that he said that it is in pursuant with Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 48, which states that the government may, with leave of court, dismiss an indictment, information, or complaint.
Also, the government may not dismiss the prosecution during trial without the defendant’s consent. A court order issued by Judge Robert W. Gettleman on Tuesday, said the government’s motion to dismiss complaint without prejudice was granted.
When a case is dismissed with prejudice, it is over and done with, once and for all, and can’t be brought back to court.
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