
Nigerian national pleads guilty to defrauding 400 victims, including elderly Americans
By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer A Nigerian national has pleaded guilty to running a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded many elderly and vulnerable people in the United States, the Department of Justice said in a statement released last week. Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, 41, and his co-conspirators allegedly engaged in a scheme in which they sent personalized letters to elderly Americans, enticing