Nigeria, March 19 -- In mid-December, a 30-year-old Nigerian named Friday Adejoh posted a video on Instagram of his day cruising on a motor yacht off the Dubai coast.

"Life in 2024. amazing," he wrote.

Mr Adejoh's alleged victim may feel differently.

Mr Adejoh is wanted in the US for allegedly playing out what is commonly known as a "romance scam," according to an indictment filed in February 2024, which has not previously been reported.

The indictment mentions multiple targets of the alleged scam, but focuses on one unnamed "e-sport athlete" who was allegedly defrauded of $1.3-million-worth of bitcoin.

Just a few weeks after prosecutors say he cashed out that cryptocurrency, Mr Adejoh bought two properties in Dubai worth about $860,...