US extradition request: Guyanese indicted for identity theft, bank fraud handed over to US Marshals 

Guyanese-born Ronley Floyd Bynoe extradited to the US to face fraud and identity theft charges.
Guyanese-born Ronley Floyd Bynoe, who was indicted in a US court for the misuse of a social security number, aggravated identity theft, and bank fraud, was extradited from Guyana on Wednesday.
This was according to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC, in a statement to the media on Wednesday, in which she stated that Bynoe was taken from the Camp Street Prison in Georgetown, where he was held on remand pending the extradition on Tuesday night.
“He was escorted under security to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), where he was handed over to two US Marshals and placed on an outgoing American Airlines flight bound for the USA at 1:30a.m.,” the release stated.
It was reported that Bynoe allegedly committed the offences in September 2023, which led to the filing of a criminal indictment in the District Court of the Northern District of Ohio, USA, for him to stand trial before a grand jury.
Based on the charges, an arrest warrant was issued but could not be served on the accused because he had fled the USA. However, investigations conducted by US authorities revealed that Bynoe had travelled to Guyana.
As such, in November 2025, the US Government made a request for Bynoe’s extradition to the Guyana Government through the Home Affairs Ministry, which sought and obtained legal advice from the DPP’s Office on how to proceed with the extradition request from the US Government. On February 16, 2026, pursuant to Section 12(1) of the Fugitive Offenders Act, Chapter 10:04, as amended by the Fugitive Offenders (Amendment) Act 2024, Home Affairs Minister Oneidge Walrond signed and issued the authority to proceed with the extradition.
Meanwhile, Bynoe was arrested by local Police on February 18, 2026, and appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court the following day, where he was informed of the extradition request made by the US authorities. He consented to be extradited to the USA without court proceedings to face multiple fraud charges allegedly committed there.
Back on January 15, 2025, Parmanand Singh, a Guyanese citizen, was extradited to the United States of America (USA) after he waived his right to an extradition hearing and consented to return to the USA to address judicial matters related to a fatal vehicular incident. In September 2024, the Government received a formal extradition request from the US Government.
At that time, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn signalled Chief Magistrate (ag) Faith McGusty to initiate the legal proceedings required for extradition. Parmanand Singh was accused of operating a motor vehicle while his blood-alcohol level exceeded the lawful limit, leading to impaired faculties.
He collided with another vehicle, resulting in the death of its sole occupant. Following the accident, Singh sustained injuries and received medical treatment at Broward Health Medical Center in Florida. In 2023, United States fugitive Bobby Allen Stark was deported to the US, where he had fled child molestation charges. He was arrested on April 30, 2022, in the United States in connection with the charge and would have posted a US$25,000 bond in May 2022 but failed to appear for a scheduled jury trial in El Paso County in October, court records showed.
Stark fled to Guyana in late 2022 and would have overstayed his time. Immigration authorities here were tipped off, and along with Police from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), he was arrested along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).
Meanwhile, extradition proceedings are currently ongoing for US-indicted businessman Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed, who are wanted in the US on financial charges.
The extradition of the Mohameds is being pursued under the Guyana-United Kingdom Extradition Treaty, which remains in effect in Guyana under Section 4(1)(a) of the Fugitive Offenders Act, Cap. 10:04, as updated by Act No. 10 of 2024. The formal request for their extradition was submitted by the United States Government on October 30, 2025.
The Mohameds, along with their business interests, were sanctioned by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on June 11, 2024. The sanctions were imposed for allegations of large-scale corruption, including gold smuggling, money laundering, and bribery, with investigations indicating attempts to evade more than US$50 million in taxes owed to the Guyanese Government.
In addition, a grand jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida has indicted the father-son duo on 11 criminal counts, including wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, primarily linked to the export of gold by their company, Mohamed’s Enterprises, to the United States. If convicted, most of the charges carry a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and fines up to US$250,000. The money laundering charge carries a potential fine of US$500,000 or an amount equivalent to the value of the laundered assets.