Olalekan Jacob Ponle, also known as Woodberry, has hired a top-rated white-collar crime attorney in Chicago, Michael Nash, to defend him.

Documents showed that Mr. Nash signed the Attorney Appearance Form for Mr. Ponle on July 8.

Woodberry, alongside Ramoni Igbalode, also known as Hushpuppi, was arrested in the United Arab Emirates on June 10 for multiple fraud charges after a raid by operatives of the Dubai crime unit.

They allegedly defrauded almost two million people of about N168bn.