Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to Defrauding 400 Victims Including Elderly Americans

The individual admitted to stealing $6 million from victims.
Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to Defrauding 400 Victims Including Elderly Americans
The FBI headquarters in Washington on Nov. 6, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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A Nigerian national has pleaded guilty to running a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded many elderly and vulnerable people in the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a July 3 statement.

Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, 41, and his co-conspirators allegedly engaged in a scheme in which they sent personalized letters to elderly Americans, enticing them with the promise of receiving nonexistent inheritances.

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