A federal court in Boston has convicted Charles Uche Nwadavid, CEO of construction firm Nec Bullion, for his role in a $2.5 million romance sc@m and money la¥ndering operation.
The conviction was announced on Thursday by U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley and FBI Boston’s Special Agent in Charge, Ted E. Docks. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, the 35-year-old Nigerian businessman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of mail fr@ud, aiding and abetting money la¥ndering, and money la¥ndering.
Court documents revealed that between 2016 and September 2019, Nwadavid orchestrated a series of romance sc@ms, targeting victims through f@ke online dating profiles. He built fr@udulent romantic relationships