A Nigerian citizen living in Canada was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal charges after allegedly taking part in a scheme to defraud thousands of victims of hundreds of millions of dollars. American investigators allege the 50-year-old man was part of a conspiracy to run a fraudulent “sweepstakes” scheme designed to steal a total of $300 million U.S. The alleged fraudsters were able to defraud their victims of a total of $900,000 U.S. A federal grand jury indictment, returned in September 2018, charges the man with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Source: Nigerian man, 50, extradited from Canada to face U.S. fraud charges for alleged sweepstakes scam