Guyanese mining businessmen could be extradited to US, attorney general says

By Marianna Parraga

GEORGETOWN (Reuters) -Guyanese businessmen Azruddin Mohamed and Nazar Mohamed would be extradited to the United States to face charges of fraud and money laundering related to gold exports, once U.S. authorities formally make the request, Guyana’s Attorney General said.

The businessmen, who own the gold-exporting firm Mohamed’s Enterprise, were indicted in a Florida court last week on charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering to enrich themselves and defraud the government of Guyana.

Azruddin Mohamed, a politician whose party was founded three months before Guyana’s general election in September, told local media this week he was assembling a legal team to challenge the U.S. charges.

He and his father are accused of entering into agreements on behal