A 41-year-old suspected Nigerian fraudster, Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States to face charges related to organised crime, including an international fraud scheme targeting elderly consumers in the U.S.
The US Department of Justice confirmed his extradition in a statement on Friday, March 28, 2025.
According to the statement, extensive coordination and cooperation between the U.S. Department of Justice and DOJ and law enforcement agencies across multiple countries, including the United Kingdom resulted in the extradition of the Nigerian and other suspects wanted for various crimes.
“Extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between the U.S. Department of Justice and law enforcement authorities in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mexico, Spain, and the United Kingdom resulted in the extraditions this month of alleged murderers, a child rapist, an MS-13 leader, an alien smuggler, Colombian drug traffickers, a Russian cybercriminal, a Nigerian fraudster, and an immigration scammer,” the statement read.
“The dedicated, persistent work of the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs with foreign partners resulted in the extradition of fugitives wanted in the United States for violent crimes,” said Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division Matthew R. Galeotti.
“The Justice Department will aggressively pursue and bring to justice in the United States transnational criminals and hold them accountable for the death and violence they have committed here and abroad.
“Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, a Nigerian national was extradited from the United Kingdom to face charges in the Southern District of Florida for allegedly engaging in a transnational criminal organisation that operated an inheritance fraud scheme targeting elderly U.S. consumers.
“The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs provided significant assistance in securing the defendants’ arrests and extraditions along with the U.S. Marshals Service.
“The Justice Department thanks and acknowledges the instrumental role of its law enforcement partners in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom for making these extraditions possible.”
