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Mogomotsi Magome

US to extradite 6 Nigerians from South Africa for swindling American women of $6M in romance scam

South Africa US Extradition - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Six Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of over $6 million through online romance scams will be extradited to the United States on Friday, South African police said.

The men, who were arrested in the South African city of Cape Town in 2021, are set to be handed over to officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday and transported to the U.S. to face wire fraud and money laundering charges.

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