{"id":98707,"date":"2026-09-11T16:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/6-suspects-accused-of-swindling-american-women-out-of-6-million-in-romance-scam-extradited-to-u-s-from-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:25:16","slug":"6-suspects-accused-of-swindling-american-women-out-of-6-million-in-romance-scam-extradited-to-u-s-from-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/6-suspects-accused-of-swindling-american-women-out-of-6-million-in-romance-scam-extradited-to-u-s-from-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"6 suspects accused of swindling American women out of $6 million in romance scam extradited to U.S. from South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Six Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of more than $6 million through online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/romancescams\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">romance scams<\/a> will be extradited to the United States on Friday, South African police said.<\/p>\n<p> The men, who were arrested in the South African city of Cape Town in 2021, are set to be handed over to officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday and taken to the U.S. to face wire fraud and money laundering charges.<\/p>\n<p> They are accused of belonging to a criminal network known as the Black Axe, which Interpol describes as being part of criminal groups responsible for a significant share of the world&#8217;s cyber-enabled financial fraud, typically through romance scams, cryptocurrency and investment scams.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes less than two years after a prominent leader of the Black Axe was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-nj\/pr\/prominent-leader-black-axe-extradited-united-states-conspiring-engage-internet-scams-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extradited<\/a> to the U.S. for conspiring to engage in internet scams and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p> According to South African police, the men are alleged to have targeted more than 100 women in the U.S., defrauding them of more than $6 million through online romance or love scams.<\/p>\n<p> Among the alleged victims were pensioners and businesspeople who were reportedly targeted through sophisticated online relationships, police said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SAPoliceService\/status\/2098287182062420094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/11\/4669bf7c-afd4-4df4-b90e-4b36bea4edcd\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/7b20967c6c53392376d7d94dcf42dd1f\/ap26254564543981.jpg#\" alt=\"South Africa US Extradition \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/11\/4669bf7c-afd4-4df4-b90e-4b36bea4edcd\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/7b20967c6c53392376d7d94dcf42dd1f\/ap26254564543981.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/11\/4669bf7c-afd4-4df4-b90e-4b36bea4edcd\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/d009302a63f2d3581527f8ffa595f486\/ap26254564543981.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Members of the elite tactical police unit escort six Nigerian nationals being extradited to U.S. for participating in romance scams, in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP Photo<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Through the coordination of Interpol South Africa, the six will today be transported from a correctional facility in Cape Town to Cape Town International Airport, where they will be handed over to officials from the FBI and the United States Secret Service, who arrived in South Africa this morning,&#8221; said police spokesperson Katlego Mogale.<\/p>\n<p> A recent operation by Interpol targeting West African organized crime groups led to the arrest of 58 people and the identification of 263 suspects linked to various criminal networks involved in similar crimes, the multinational police body said last month.<\/p>\n<p> The operation aimed to disrupt money laundering, identify high-value targets, seize assets and support arrests and prosecution.<\/p>\n<p> In South Africa, authorities raided seven locations in the city of Johannesburg linked to a syndicate that ran romance and investment scams targeting retirees in English-speaking countries.<\/p>\n<p> In that operation in South Africa, police arrested 39 people, seized $2.67 million and froze more than 250 bank accounts, Interpol said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 64,000 Americans were taken for over $1 billion in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/romancescams\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">romance scams<\/a>\u00a0in 2023\u2014 double the $500 million just four years earlier, according to the Federal Trade Commission.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ghana-romance-scammers-duping-americans\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News investigation<\/a><\/span> uncovered a large-scale romance scam operation in Ghana. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I fish everywhere in the world,&#8221; 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