ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KCTV) - An investigation into a Nigerian romance scheme could land a man in prison for decades after he fraudulently obtained a student visa and admission to the University of Missouri ...

(CNN) -- In March 2016, a man claiming to be a US Army captain stationed in Syria reached out to a Japanese woman on an international site for digital pen pals. Within weeks, their relationship grew ...

BENTON, Ill. – A Nigerian national appeared in federal court on Thursday to be sentenced for running romance scams in Illinois and other parts of the country, defrauding at least a dozen people of ...

A Nigerian man living in Oklahoma City was sentenced this week to federal prison for committing an online “romance scam” against an Alabama woman. In Oklahoma City federal court, Abdul Waris Akinsanya ...

A Nigerian national who had been residing in Minnesota prior to his arrest, has been sentenced to 71 months in federal prison, ordered to pay $1,692,945 in restitution after pleading guilty to one ...

Suspected members of the Nigerian mafia sit in the courtroom at the start of their trial. They are believed to be representatives of the Nigerian "Black Axe" brotherhood. Investigators allege that ...