A Nigerian man based in the United States has made an emotional appeal for help, revealing that he could face 20 years to life in a U.S. prison for acting as a middleman in a $200,000 transaction that took place in 2018.
According to him, he was minding his own business when a friend contacted him, requesting his help to receive $200,000 from someone on his behalf. The friend, known to be a “baller” (a slang term for someone who spends lavishly), told him that he could keep $50,000 from the amount and send the remaining balance after receiving it. Tempted by the offer and seeing it as an opportunity to solve many of his financial problems at the time, he agreed.
He stated that the incident happened in 2018, but to his utter shock, his lawyer contacted him last night and asked him to come to the office urgently. The lawyer disclosed that the FBI had issued a warrant for his arrest, revealing that the woman who was allegedly scammed out of the money had committed suicide.
The man explained that he has since lost contact with the friend who involved him in the deal. He has made several attempts to reach him, but the number is no longer reachable, and there is no other way to get in touch. As it stands, he is the only person authorities have been able to trace the money to—because shortly after the woman transferred the funds, she took her own life.
He lamented that despite living in the U.S. for years, he hasn’t achieved anything significant. He hasn’t built a house or even bought a car, and now he has to face the shame of telling his mother that he’s going to prison in a foreign land for a crime he claims he neither committed nor fully understood.
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