Nigerian Scammers Sentenced in Plea Agreement

One of the crew is from Nigeria, were the criminal is asking unsuspecting victims to launder money. They send a bogus check and ask that the victim first deposit the proceeds and then cash it out and send them the money. They usually tell the victim to keep a small portion of the proceeds.

The rest of the fraudsters are from Mississippi, Texas and California. Their task was to send bum checks as a mystery shopper or personal assistant. Again, they were instructed to deposit the checks and send the money to Nigeria.

People are so gullible that the scheme continues to work, according to the DoJ which it labels a "large-scale international financial fraud conspiracy."

Funso Hassan, 27, of Ibadan, Nigeria, and Anthony Shane Jeffers, 44, of Maryville, Tenn. each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit identity theft and theft of government property and one count of use of mail and an interstate facility to distribute proceeds of a racketeering activity. They were each sentenced to 120 months in prison.(10 years in prison) hello prison wives! a new nigerian reallity show! "ivory soap is good lube"

Ann Louise Franzen, 70, of Kiln, Miss.; Gary Melvin Barnard, 64, of Palestine, Texas; Michele Gayle Fee, 55, of Stockton, Calif.; Tanya Lynn Thomas, 52, of Turlock, Calif.; and Shawn Ann White, 44, of Manteca, Calif. all previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit identity theft and theft of government property. They were sentenced to 60 months in prison.

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