Nigerian National Sentenced in International Scheme to Defraud Elderly Americans

A Nigerian national was sentenced to 85 months in prison on July 22 as part of an international scheme to defraud more than 400 elderly Americans. A total of six defendants charged in the scheme have now been sentenced, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Amos Prince Okey Ezemma, 50, was a member of a group that sent personalized letters to elderly victims in the United States, according to court documents. The letters fraudulently claimed that the sender was a Spanish bank representative and that the receiver of the letter was entitled “to receive a multimillion-dollar inheritance left for the recipient by a family member who had died years before in Portugal,” according to court records....