Nigeria, April 29 -- The defendant, Sze Man Yu Inos, also known as "Yuki," was sentenced by a United States court after being found guilty of wire fraud. According to a statement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the scheme took place between November 2020 and January 2022 and resulted in losses exceeding $769,000.

Prosecutors said Inos approached older women in Saipan and Guam and presented herself as a wealthy Chinese heiress with successful investments in Bitcoin. She reportedly built personal relationships with the victims by taking them to expensive meals, giving gifts, and sharing fabricated personal stories.

"She confided in them about fictitious personal problems and claimed their friendship was important to her -...