Nigerian Man Sentenced To 82 Months In Prison For International Scheme That Defr^auded Elderly U.S. Victims
According to court documents, Samuel, was part of a group of fra^udsters that sent personalized letters to elderly victims in the United States, falsely claiming that the sender was a representative of a bank in Spain and that the recipient was entitled to receive a multimillion-dollar inheritance left for the recipient by a family member who had died years before in Portugal.
Earlier this year, Samuel, along with Iheanyichukwu Jonathan Abraham and Jerry Chucks Ozor, were extradited from the United Kingdom and made appearances before U.S Magistrate Judge Eduardo I. Sanchez in Miami.
The victims were told that before they could receive their purported inheritance, they were required to send money for delivery fees, taxes, and payments to avoid questioning from government authorities.
The victims sent money to the defendants through a complex web of U.S.-based former victims. The defendants convinced these former victims to receive money from new victims and then forward the fr^aud proceeds to others.
