June 28, 2023. Azonuchechi Chukwu. A 39-year-old Nigerian national, Emmanuel Samuel, who was previously extradited to the United States from the United Kingdom, was sentenced to 82 months in prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme. According to court documents, Samuel, was part of a group of fraudsters that sent personalized letters |
Two Nigerian nationals who were extradited to the United States from the United Kingdom have pleaded guilty to operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.
A criminal network of Nigerians operating from Madrid, Spain and London in United Kingdom has been busted by the United States authorities. It was learnt that the gang identified as Ikponmwosa, 51, Ezennia Peter Neboh, 48, and Prince Amos Okey Ezemma, 49, of Madrid, Spain; and Abraham, 44, Ozor, 43, and Emmanuel Samuel, 39, of London, UK, will face federal charges in Miami, Florida. The network that has operated the scheme for about five years was said to have specialty in depriving elderly people of their money through a fraudulent inheritance scheme.