Nigerian gets 19-year jail term in US over $4m romance scam

Dailypost | 03-03-2026 07:34pm |

A Nigerian national, Leslie Mba, has been sentenced to 19 years in a United States federal prison for his involvement in a large-scale romance fraud and business email compromise scheme that caused losses estimated at about $4 million. Mba, 40, who is not a U.S. citizen, is also expected to be placed in deportation proceedings

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