Romance Scams

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis County woman is facing serious prison time after pleading guilty for her involvement in a $1 million Nigerian romance scam. Shirley Waller, 43, admitted …

Justices D.I. Dipeolu and A.O. Faji of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, have sentenced six Chinese nationals to one year imprisonment each for their roles in cyber-terrorism and …

PHOENIX, Ariz. — A California man has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a romance scam scheme that defrauded two elderly women in Arizona out …

PHOENIX, Ariz. — A Jamaican man accused of running a romance scam that defrauded an 85-year-old Arizona woman out of $400,000 has been extradited to the United States to face …

Isaac Kofi Oduro Boateng, popularly known as Kofi Boat, a Ghanaian businessman and associate of dancehall artist Shatta Wale, was arrested on June 13, 2025, in a joint operation conducted …

Three separate indictments involving Ghanaian nationals have been unsealed in the United States as part of a major federal crackdown on transnational romance fraud schemes targeting elderly Americans. The U.S. …

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WFRV) – A Nigerian citizen living in the United States on a student visa has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for his involvement in a …

Five Nigerian fraudsters have been sentenced to a combined total of 1,549 months (129 years) in prison for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar scam targeting at least 100 victims in the United …

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – A Nigerian man has been sentenced to six years in prison for his involvement in a series of romance and package delivery scams that defrauded multiple …

GHANA — Ex-convict Michael Tumi has been remanded in police custody over allegations of involvement in a romance scam and acts of sextortion. Tumi was arrested shortly after completing a …