A US court has sentenced Nigerian Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha to over eight years in prison for a seven-year inheritance fraud that defrauded more than 400 Americans of over $6 million.
A United States federal court has sentenced Nigerian national Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha to more than eight years in prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that targeted elderly Americans. The US Department of Justice said the operation ran for over seven years and exploited more than 400 victims nationwide.
“Over the course of more than seven years,” the DOJ said, Nnebocha and accomplices sent letters falsely claiming victims were entitled to multimillion-dollar inheritances, demanding fees before release. Arrested in Poland in April 2025, he was extradited in September, pleaded guilty in November, and was ordered to pay over $6.8m in restitution.