Ezennia Peter Neboh, 48, is a Nigerian man who lived in Madrid, Spain. He was the leader of a group of fraudsters who operated a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.
The fraudsters sent personalized letters to elderly victims in the United States. Falsely claiming to be a representative of a bank in Spain, the fraudsters convinced the victims that they were entitled to receive a multimillion-dollar inheritance left for the recipient by a family member who had died years ago in Portugal.
Before they could receive their purported inheritance, the victims were told they had to send money for delivery fees and taxes and make other payments.
Neboh and his co-conspirators convinced former victims to receive money from new victims. The former victims were instructed to forward the fraud proceeds to others.
In April 2022, Neboh was arrested in Madrid. On March 26, 2023, he was extradited from Spain to the U.S. and on March 27, 2023, he made his initial court appearance in Miami, Florida, USA.
On August 9, 2023, Neboh pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. On November 2, 2023, he was sentenced today to 128 months in prison.
CONAN Daily 