A U.S. federal court has convicted a Nigerian national, Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, for his role in an international inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded more than 400 elderly and vulnerable Americans of over $6 million.
The conviction was announced on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice following Akhimie’s guilty plea on June 17.
Akhimie faces a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment.