Guyanese businessmen Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed will be processed for extradition to the United States, the Attorney General’s Chambers confirmed Friday, following a formal extradition request linked to allegations of gold smuggling, tax evasion and financial crimes.Their arrests occurred earlier on Friday morning when members of the Guyana Police Force, acting under a warrant issued by the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, took the Mohameds into custody. The warrant was issued after a team of lawyers, led by Terrence Williams, KC, along with Herbert McKenzie and Celine Deidrick, presented an Authority to Proceed and an Application for an Arrest Warrant in line with the provisions of the amended Fugitive Offenders Act.The U.S. government, on October 30, 2025, requested the extradition of the father and son under the extradition treaty between Guyana and the United Kingdom, which remains in force in Guyana under Section 4(1)(a) of the Fugitives Offender Act, Cap. 10:04, as amended by Act No. 10 of 2024.The Mohameds are facing multiple charges in the United States, unsealed on October 6, 2025, by a Southern District of Florida Grand Jury. The indictment includes wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and customs-related violations connected to an alleged US$50 million gold export and tax evasion scheme.According to the indictment, between 2017 and June 2024, they allegedly conspired to defraud the Government of Guyana by evading export taxes and royalties on over 10,000 kilograms of gold, using falsified customs declarations and reused export seals. The indictment also references an attempted shipment of US$5.3 million in undeclared gold seized at Miami International Airport and the under-invoicing of a luxury vehicle valued at more than US$680,000.Investigations by U.S. authorities reportedly began in the mid-2010s, with law enforcement cooperation with Guyana dating back to 2016–2017. In June 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Mohameds and their company, Mohamed’s Enterprise, citing tax evasion, trade-based money laundering, and gold smuggling allegations.In March 2025, Guyanese authorities received a comprehensive evidence dossier from U.S. counterparts under mutual legal assistance arrangements, detailing gold export irregularities, falsified customs declarations, and undeclared shipments seized in Miami.The Mohameds will now be formally processed for extradition to the United States under Guyana’s amended Fugitive Offenders Act, in full compliance with the Constitution and all relevant laws.The post UPDATE: Nazar, Azruddin being processed for U.S. extradition – AG Chambers appeared first on News Room Guyana.