The other two conspirators, both Nigerian nationals, Samuel Aniukwu and Anthony Ibekie, were sentenced in November. The criminal complaints against the three say undercover agents made secret ...

OSWEGO, IL — Two men, including an Oswego resident, have been sentenced to federal prison for conducting online inheritance and romance scams, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's ...

Anthony Emeka Ibekie, 59, of Oswego, and Samuel Aniukwu, 50, of Romeoville, would tell victims they had received a large inheritance and in order to claim it, they needed to provide money upfront.

Ibekie has been sentenced to 20 years in prison while his co-conspirator Samuel Aniukwu, another Nigerian national living in Illinois, was sentenced to 10 years after he opted not to fight the ...