automated teller machine (©Mirza Babic)

Nigeria’s Ezennia Peter Neboh sentenced to 10 years + 8 months in jail

Ezennia Peter Neboh, a 48-year-old Nigerian in Madrid, led a transnational fraud scheme targeting elderly Americans by falsely claiming they were entitled to inheritances. Victims were tricked into paying fees before receiving money. Arrested in April 2022, he pleaded guilty to fraud in August 2023 and was sentenced to 128 months in prison.