Jail for Nigerian Bank Fraudster

A court in Nigeria has sentenced a woman to two and a half years in prison for her part in the country’s biggest ever international fraud case. Amaka Anajemba admitted helping her late husband to persuade an employee of a Brazilian bank to transfer millions of dollars into overseas accounts. Banco Noroeste lost $242m through the latter half of the 1990s. The court ordered Anajemba to surrender her houses in Nigeria, the US, UK and Switzerland to help repay the money