Nigerian multi-million-rand romance scammers being extradited to US
The Hawks says they had initially arrested eight suspects in 2021.
Six Nigerian nationals, suspects in a large-scale online romance scam, have arrived at Cape Town International Airport for extradition to the United States. They are believed to be part of the Nigerian cyber-crimes syndicate, known as the Black Hawks, and face charges of money laundering and wire fraud. The Hawks stated they initially arrested eight suspects in 2021, with one suspect granted bail and another extradited to the US in 2024.
"Six Nigerian nationals are going to be extradited the United States this afternoon following a rather lengthy investigation that began in 2021 here in Cape Town at the time they were eight of them one was granted a bail of R210 000 and the other one was subsequently extradited back to the United States. They will all be standing trial for wire fraud as well as money laundering," Hawks spokesperson, Katlego Mogale explains.
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