MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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2 Nigerian men in Calif. oversaw a romance scam that targeted women worldwide, feds say
By artappraiser on Fri, 08/23/2019 - 4:20am |By Faith Karimi @ CNN.com, Aug. 23 (has individual narratives as examples)
[...] Thursday, US prosecutors charged 80 people -- mostly Nigerians -- in the widespread conspiracy that defrauded at least $6 million from businesses and vulnerable elderly women. Seventeen people have been arrested in the US so far and federal investigators are trying to track down the rest in Nigeria and other nations.
"We believe this is one of the largest cases of its kind in US history," US Attorney Nick Hanna said [....]
URL:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/23/us/nigeria-romance-scam-arrests/index.html
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