US Extradites Six Nigerians To Mississippi From South Africa Over Scam Charges

    The US Department of Justice has successfully extradited six
    Nigerians from South Africa to face charges of running a series of scams
    against gullible Americans over the past 14 years.
    The six men, along with 14 other defendants resident in the
    US, face trial in Gulfport, Mississippi on nine federal charges, including
    conspiracy to commit identity theft, wire fraud, bank fraud, theft of US
    government funds, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

    The indictment [PDF] states that since 2001 the accused, were
    part of a string of scams against Americans, facilitated by internet
    communications. These include the longstanding 419 scheme, whereby a massive
    windfall is promised once a small number of payments have been provided, but
    the DoJ claims it went much further than that.

    The team is also accused of running romance stings to bilk
    the lonely of funds, shipping fraud, running fake work-from-home businesses,
    check fraud, and plain-old hijacking of other people’s bank accounts and credit
    cards to divert funds.

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