Following an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Service, in close collaboration with the local FBI office in Honolulu, the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, an arrest warrant ; t was issued on April 14 against a Cameroonian citizen involved in a money laundering and elderly fraud conspiracy by a federal judge

Cameroonian Leslie Kibula Bongajum is charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison if convicted. According to the criminal complaint, since at least November 2021 and until today, Bongajum, Verdzekov, Yamie and Che, as well as their accomplices, have manufactured false identity documents for fictional persons, including passports and driver's licenses. Using these forged documents, the defendants and their co-conspirators created at least 36 shell companies in California, which had no legitimate business and were created solely to advance their crimes. According to reports, the defendants and their accomplices convinced the victims of their alleged authority through photos of fake badges and job titles, and then asked for their personal and bank details. Victims were told that they needed to quickly transfer the money from their corrupt accounts in order to keep all of their money, and transfer it to accounts that Bongajum, Verdzekov, Yamie, Che and their accomplices had opened and controlled fraudulently