US court sentences Nigerian to 8 years for $6m elderly scam A U.S. court has sentenced Nigerian citizen Ehis Lawrence Akhimie to over eight years in prison for his part in an international inheritance fraud scheme that swindled hundreds of elderly victims out of more than $6 million. On September 11, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced that Akhimie, 41, received a 97-month prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges. Prosecutors stated that Akhimie and his associates sent personalised letters to victims across the United...