Nigerian Man Jailed 5 Years In US Over $3.5m Romance Scam

A Nigerian man, Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, has been sentenced to five years in prison in the United States for masterminding a romance scam that defrauded multiple victims of more than $3.5 million.
The sentence was handed down by a US District Court in Tacoma, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington.
Nwadialo, 42, was convicted for his role in a long-running online fraud operation that targeted vulnerable individuals through dating websites. Authorities said he was arrested in Texas in 2024 upon arriving in the United States and was subsequently indicted on 14 counts of wire fraud.
At the sentencing hea...