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US court jails Nigerian for $405,000 romance scam

Daniel Chima Inweregbu was sentenced to 33 months in U.S. prison for defrauding four American women of over $405,000 through a romance scam using fake online identities.

A United States federal court has sentenced a Lagos-based internet fraudster, Daniel Chima Inweregbu, to prison for his involvement in wire fraud and a romance-scam scheme targeting American women. In a statement issued on Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice, DOJ, announced that Inweregbu, 40, received 33 months in federal prison from U.S. District Judge Nanette Jolivette Brown. His sentence also includes three years of supervised release, a …

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Daily Post Nigeria broke the news in Nigeria on Friday, December 12, 2025.
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