Nigeria, May 24 -- A self-styled entrepreneur, Ehonre Oluwaseun, popularly known as Classic Baggie, has been indicted for cyber fraud in the United States.

He was indicted last year by a US district court in Delaware, in a case involving his US-based partner, Olugbenga Lawal, who has been sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison for money laundering involving the proceeds of internet fraud schemes.

Mr Lawal was also ordered to pay $1.4 million ($1,460,875) in restitution to victims of the fraud schemes.

The schemes were orchestrated by an international criminal organisation known as the Miami Crew, led by Classic Baggie, who was residing in Lagos and celebrated as a philanthropist in Nigeria at the time.

However, while Mr Lawal's...