Nigerian-American Dexter Enwerem admits to defrauding victims of $450,000 through social media and s



Pleading guilty, Dexter Enwerem, a 36-year-old Nigerian-American, confessed to participating in a scheme to deceive women using social media, as per the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut. 

According to federal officials, between September 2019 and March 2021, Enwerem’s co-conspirator contacted numerous victims, mainly women, through their Facebook and Instagram accounts, assuming a false identity. 

Allegedly, the victims were defrauded of about $449,189.
Enwerem’s co-conspirator targeted these victims, predominantly women, via Facebook and Instagram by establishing fake profiles, according to court records. Through false representations, the co-conspirator would befriend the victims and sometimes shift the conversation to Google Hangouts, an online platform that allowed them to communicate via video call or direct chat message. 

Victims would send money through wire transfers, checks, money orders, and cash, some of which were wired into bank accounts controlled by Enwerem. Other payments were sent to addresses linked to Enwerem, federal officials stated.

Enwerem directed approximately $220,000 of the funds to bank accounts in Nigeria, with bank officials questioning the nature of the transactions. He falsely claimed that the payments were from family members and were to take care of his grandmother and cover household expenses, federal officials said.

Enwerem also faces charges for failing to pay taxes on the fraudulently obtained money, according to federal officials.

The suspect was detained on March 24, 2021, and has been released on a $200,000 bond. His sentencing is pending. Enwerem could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud and up to five years in prison for tax evasion, federal officials said.


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