Tonny Iheoma Ezeh, a 51-year-old Nigerian man, was sentenced to over nine years for duping elderly pensioners into smuggling methamphetamine. He targeted victims, including an 80-year-old, through email scams that promised large sums of money. Unbeknownst to them, they were carrying drugs concealed in chocolate truffles. Ezeh’s criminal activities, which involved a broader West African drug operation, were thwarted when the pensioners were caught at Heathrow Airport and later exonerated as investigators uncovered the scam. The case highlights the exploitation of vulnerable individuals by cyber criminals.
Tonny Ezeh is an extremely callous criminal. He and his crime group singled out and took advantage of elderly, vulnerable victims. He didn't care at all about the trauma the men would experience when stopped, arrested, and remanded in a foreign land.
Ezeh operated from Mexico, coordinating global drug shipments as part of a West African crime network, targeting elderly victims through email finance scams.
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