The United States government has sanctioned six Nigerians for allegedly defrauding its citizens and businesses over $6 million through the internet.

US Secretary of States, Micheal Pompeo, made this known in a statement published on the Treasury Department website on Tuesday.

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Mr Pompeo revealed in part of the statement that the “money was also stolen from innocent Americans by romance fraud, in which the designees masqueraded as affectionate partners to gain trust from victims.”

The Nigerians listed were identified as Benson Orson, Kayode Abiola, Ogunshakin Alex, Okpoh Felix, Olorunyomi Micheal, Uzuh Richard. Their names were also included in Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) specially designated nationals list, under the section of “cyber-related designation”.

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The alleged fraudulent acts were committed between between 2015 and 2017, according to the statement and nothing was said about their arrest nor the bases of the six persons sanctioned.

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A court in Port Harcourt, south-central Nigeria has jailed a 54-year old man to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to scamming a Swiss lady.

Igweneme Moses who used the pseudonym, Griffith Doyle, to defraud the white lady finally entered a guilty plea. He had always denied the charges since the trial began in July last year.

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After his guilty plea he was immediately sentenced to a year in prison by Justice A.T. Mohammed, a Federal High Court judge sitting in Port Harcourt.

Chantai Helene Meadery, the romance fraud victim had fallen in love with the convict who was using a false identity and arranged to move to Switzerland for a future together.

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Igweneme Moses conspired with his own daughter, Nkeiruka Blessing Igweneme to commit the offence. He was said to have taken the money on the pretext of attending to emergency family problems.

Investigators were able to retrieve a sum of $100,000 from his account for the victim. He has also been ordered to refund the remaining $140,000 while his daughter who has absconded is been sought after.

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