Nigeria, Jan. 19 -- In October 2023, a US citizen committed suicide after he lost his life savings to a romance scam carried out by a network of fraudsters, including Nigerians living in the US and Nigeria.

The fraud victim was a retired American teacher who resided in the eastern district of Tennessee.

Court documents obtained by PREMIUM TIMES revealed that the American, identified simply as victim 1, was defrauded in a sextortion plot, resulting in the loss of over $80,000. A sum that made up his entire life-saving.

The plot occurred from February to October 2023, while the criminal group generally operated between February 2023 and February 2024.

Although the members of the criminal network operating in Nigeria have yet to be ident...