Nigerian man jailed in US for 115 months over $700,000 scams

By Adegboyega Adeleye
A United States court has sentenced a Nigerian man, Charles Nnamdi Emesim, to 115 months imprisonment over a decade-long money laundering operation linked to romance, lottery and other internet fraud schemes worth more than $700,000.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Kentucky, Emesim, 53, who legally resided in Newark, New Jersey, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier for conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Authorities said the Nigerian operated a sophisticated fraud network between December 2013 and June 2024, receiving and laundering proceeds from multiple scams, including romance scams, government impersonation scheme...