Nigerian Extradited To US, Accused Of Scamming Millions From Lawyers - Law Blog - WSJ

Nigerian Extradited To US, Accused Of Scamming Millions From Lawyers - Law Blog - WSJ





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At least 80 law firms and lawyers in the U.S. and Canada lost more than $31 million to an intricate scam ring, the AP reports.



The initial caller would pose as a potential client in Asia trying to collect an outstanding debt from someone in North America. The lawyer who took the case on would then be contacted by another scammer posing as the debtor and agreeing to pay off the debt – except that they would use a fake check. A third scammer would then validate the fake check (while posing as a bank employee over the phone), prompting the law firm to use its own money to pay the fake settlement to the purported client.



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