AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Six Nigerian nationals extradited to U.S. after allegedly swindling American women out of $6 million in romance scams
Six men tied to the Black Axe criminal network landed in U.S. custody Friday after spending five years in a South African jail, accused of running online romance scams that drained more than $6 million from over 100 American women. South African police handed the six Nigerian nationals over to FBI and U.S. Secret Service […] The post Six Nigerian nationals extradited to U.S. after allegedly swindling American women out of $6 million in romance scams appeared first on American Almanac .
Six men tied to the Black Axe criminal network landed in U.S. custody Friday after spending five years in a South African jail, accused of running online romance scams that drained more than $6 million from over 100 American women. South African police handed the six Nigerian nationals over to FBI and U.S. Secret Service agents at Cape Town International Airport on September 11, 2026, closing out a lengthy extradition process that began with their arrest in Cape Town in 2021. The men face wire fraud and money laundering charges in the United States, where federal authorities will now prosecute the case. South African police spokesperson Katlego Mogale told CBS News : "Through the coordination of Interpol South Africa, the six will today…Open