US-indicted Nazar Mohamed arrested – INews Guyana

Nazar “Shell” Mohamed, who was sanctioned and later indicted by the United States (US) on 11 criminal charges, was arrested in Georgetown today.

His son, Azruddin Mohamed, was also arrested today, on Smyth Street, Georgetown.

The father and son have been indicted in the United States on 11 charges including wire fraud, gold smuggling, and money laundering.

Local authorities had committed to complying with any extradition request from the US.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)-sanctioned Mohameds were indicted by a grand jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on 11 criminal charges ranging from wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, primarily connected to the export of gold to the US by their company Mohamed’s Enterprises. The father-son duo was sanctioned by OFAC in 2024.

The Mohameds are accused of conspiring to defraud the US and Guyanese Governments between 2017 and June 11, 2024. The father-son duo is accused of using a scheme to unlawfully obtain property by transmitting communications via interstate and foreign commerce in violation of US laws.

According to the prosecutors, the goal was to enrich themselves and defraud the Government of Guyana by evading taxes and royalties on gold exports.

The younger Mohamed, who contested as the presidential candidate of a newly-formed political party called We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), was slated to be sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP) on Monday.

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