Nigerian Man Gets 12 Years In Vietnamese Jail For Conning Women

On Tuesday, a Hanoi court sentenced Oshanugor James Anyasi, 35, to 12 years in jail for two separate fraud convictions, including one for pretending to love women and conning them out of money.

The love con involved 3 others, including a Vietnamese woman who is serving a 3-year sentence given in February for the crime. Two other Nigerian men, the alleged masterminds, are still at large. .

Investigators found they had stolen more than $17,800 from 10 women. Anyasi got 15% for playing the role of an English businessman and chatting with the women, the Vietnamese got 10%, and the other two, based in Malaysia, took the rest.