Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, a 43-year-old Nigerian, was extradited from Poland to the United States to face federal charges for allegedly orchestrating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme targeting elderly Americans for over five years.
Nnebocha appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett in Miami on Tuesday, following his arrest in Poland in April 2025.
Charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, plus substantive counts of mail and wire fraud, Nnebocha faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Court filings reveal that Nnebocha and his accomplices allegedly sent personalized letters to elderly U.S. victims, falsely claiming they were entitled to multimillion-dollar inheritances from deceased relatives in Spain.
Victims were instructed to pay delivery fees, taxes, and other charges to avoid scrutiny, with funds sent through U.S. intermediaries, many of whom were prior fraud victims coerced into forwarding money to the defendants.
Prosecutors state no victim ever received an inheritance.Two co-defendants, Okezie Bonaventure Ogbata (extradited from Portugal) and Ehis Lawrence Akhimie (extradited from the UK), have pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 97 months in prison each by U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman for their roles in the scheme.
“This extradition underscores our commitment to pursue fraudsters wherever they are found,” prosecutors said following Nnebocha’s court appearance.
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