Justice Department Files Case to Revoke U.S. Citizenship of Mastermind Behind Multimillion-Dollar Tax Fraud Scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil denaturalization complaint against Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem, a native of Nigeria, seeking to revoke his U.S. citizenship. The complaint alleges that Kazeem masterminded a multimillion-dollar tax fraud scheme.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in the investigation that led to the complaint. Kazeem was recently named in the civil action filed by the Justice Department.

The case marks an effort by federal authorities to strip citizenship from an individual convicted of orchestrating a large-scale fraud against the U.S. tax system.