Akhimie and his co-conspirators laundered the proceeds through a sophisticated system involving former victims in the U.S., ...

A 41-year-old Nigerian national, Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, has pleaded guilty to operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded over 400 victims, mostly elderly and vulnerable, of ...

Many Nigerians worried by the systemic looting of the national treasury heaved a sigh of relief when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was established in 2003.

A Nigerian man pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive inheritance fraud scheme that swindled over 400 elderly and ...

Darlington Akporugo, 47, and his wife, Jasmin Sood, 37, were sentenced in late June to more than 15 and 10 years behind bars, respectively, according to a recent report from U.S. Immigration and ...

A U.S. federal court has convicted a Nigerian national, Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, for his role in an international inheritance fraud ...

By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer A Nigerian national has pleaded guilty to running a transnational inheritance fraud ...

A chaotic crackdown on immigration has made it much more difficult to determine what is a scam and what is actually the ...