Nigerian musician faces theft charges

A St. Louis,USA-based Nigerian musician,Olufunsho Adeshina(aged 29), has been accused of stealing close to $200,000 in tax refunds in an IRS scam, Associated Press reports. According to the report, Olufunsho Adeshina is an immigrant with a very public persona. He’s a jazz guitarist with a growing following on Facebook and YouTube. His public Facebook page boasts of a new album coming and performances in St. Louis, Nashville, and Colorado. It has more than 1700 likes with fans posting regularly.But the Nigerian national’s music career has come to a screeching halt, authorities say.

“It appears over the last weekend, once the accounts were frozen, he may have rented a U-Haul and moved out,” said U.S. Attorney, Richard Callahan. Court documents say Adeshina used stolen social security numbers to file 20 to 30 phony tax returns and have close to $200,000 in refunds deposited into nearly 20 bank accounts he had set up at US Bank, Commerce Bank, and 5th/3rd Bank. Every account listed his home address as 5330 Queens in North St. Louis. “I’ve seen him…oh yeah, I’ve seen him,” neighbor John Lampley said.

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