Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson has revealed that Daniel Chima Inweregbu, a 40-year-old Nigerian, admitted guilt to a more than $ 40,000 romance scam before United States District Judge Nanette Jolivette Brown.
According to a statement from Shane M. Jones, the public information officer for the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Louisiana, the United States Department of Justice, admitted to pleading guilty to two of the charges pending against him, including conspiracy to defraud, wire fraud, and using an assumed name to carry out a mail fraud scheme in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1341, 1342, 1343, and 1349 (Count 1), and conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of
Inweregbu’s plea stemmed from his involvement in a protracted romance scam aimed at American citizens.
Inweregbu and his co-conspirators carried out a “romance scam” between at least July 1, 2017, and December 16, 2018, using deceptive and fabricated promises and representations to extort money and property from numerous American women, including four victims.
In particular, the statement claimed that Inweregbu and his associates used the alias “Larry Pham” (allegedly a middle-aged man) to draw middle-aged female victims into their social media and online dating profiles.
The co-conspirators, including Inweregbu, communicated with victims via email and online messaging platforms to make an appeal to them for companionship. When the victim responded favorably, he and his associates started fostering romantic bonds that emotionally bind them to “Larry Pham” in the victim’s mind.
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The defendant and his accomplices, who posed as Larry Pham, demanded that victims send them money through various deceptive schemes and ruses to domestic bank accounts they established and managed once the relationship was established.
Over $ 405,000 was lost to the victims of Inweregbu’s scheme, both in actual and intended damages. The victims’ funds were directed through intermediaries, according to the statement read in part as he and his co-conspirators laundered the funds by engaging in financial transactions with the proceeds of their wire and mail fraud scheme, which was intended to conceal and conceal the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the proceeds.
Inweregbu could receive up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a maximum fine of $250, 000 for Count One. He could receive up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $500,000 fine under Count 12; Additionally, he is required to pay a $100 special assessment fee per count.
According to the statement, Judge Brown will be sent to court on December 4, 2025.
Source: Channels TV
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