GUYANA-Guyanese national extradited to the US on fraud-related charges.

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Ronley Floyd Bynoe appears before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty at Georgetown Magistrates' Court in Guyana after being extradited to the United States to face fraud charges in Ohio including bank fraud and identity theft
Guyanese national Ronley Floyd Bynoe has been extradited to the United States to face fraud-related charges including misuse of a Social Security number, aggravated identity theft, and two counts of bank fraud

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC, says Guyanese-born Ronley Floyd Bynoe has been extradited to the United States on various fraud-related charges dating back to 2023.

The DPP said that Bynoe was taken from the Georgetown Camp Street Prison, where he was held on remand, and 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 United States during the early hours on Wednesday.
Ronley Floyd Bynoe

The DPP said Bynoe allegedly committed the offences of Misuse of a Social Security Number, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Bank Fraud in September 2023, and that a criminal indictment was filed in the District Court of the Northern District of Ohio, charging him with standing 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; Investigations conducted by the US Authorities revealed that Bynoe had travelled to Guyana.”

The DPP said that in November last year, the US government requested Bynoe’s extradition to the Guyana government through the Ministry of Home Affairs, which sought and obtained legal advice from the DPP’s Office on how to proceed. request from the US government.

On 16th February, 2026, pursuant to the Fugitive Offenders Act, the Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond, signed and issued the Authority to Proceed with the extradition, and two days later, Bynoe was arrested by police and taken before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on February 19.

He was informed of the US authorities’ extradition request and consented to be extradited to the United States without Court proceedings to face multiple fraud charges allegedly committed there. The DPP statement added.

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