Six years in jail for inheritance con artist

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A conman who convinced people they had received windfalls, then charged them fees of almost £800,000 to obtain the non-existent money, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment.

Patrick Bomboi Emuh, 54 (26.06.58) of Bromhedge, Greenwich, SE9 was handed the sentence at Southwark Crown Court yesterday, Tuesday 8 January.

The victims, from the UK, USA, Germany, Chile, New Zealand, Australia and Romania were directed to pay the money into a variety of bank accounts or to Emuh by Western Union cash transfer.

Some of the victims from abroad were talked into travelling to the UK where they were met by people posing as businessmen. Several were shown banks notes that they were told were theirs but were contaminated. The victims were instructed to pay money up front in order for the cash to be cleaned to "legitimise" it. This was just another ruse to extract more money from them.

The total sum of money Emuh took from his victims was £788,297.

His mugshot is on the official Metropolitan Police website.