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US Launches Manhunt For Nigerian Woman Who ‘Disappeared’ Before Prison Term For Romance Scam

According to prosecutors, Hall was sentenced in January 2026 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering.

A45-year-old Nigerian national, Emuobosan Emanuella Hall, has gone into hiding in the United States after failing to report to prison to begin serving an eight-year sentence over her role in a romance fraud scheme that targeted vulnerable victims.

U.S. authorities disclosed this in a statement posted on Ministry of Justice, noting that Hall, a permanent resident based in Atlanta, Georgia, is now wanted after she disobeyed a court order to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons by March 25, 2026.

According to prosecutors, Hall was sentenced in January 2026 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The charges stemmed from her involvement in a coordinated romance scam operation that preyed largely on older women.

Despite being granted the privilege to remain on bond ahead of her incarceration, Hall failed to show up. Investigators revealed that her last known location was the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 24, where her electronic monitoring device stopped transmitting.

Although she had earlier informed her probation officer that she would be travelling to Minnesota to report to prison, airline records showed she never boarded the flight.

Further checks of her phone records suggested she may have travelled instead to Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., raising suspicions that she deliberately absconded.

Authorities say Hall worked alongside her co-conspirator, Kenneth G. Akpieyi, to defraud victims through elaborate online deception.

The duo reportedly posed as high-profile individuals such as military generals, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs to gain the trust of their targets on social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram.

Victims were later persuaded to continue conversations on encrypted messaging platforms like WhatsApp, where the suspects built fake romantic relationships and solicited funds under false pretences, including medical emergencies and charitable causes.

Court documents showed that Hall used a company, Le Beau Monde LLC, to facilitate the laundering of proceeds from the scam.

She admitted responsibility for defrauding victims of $851,207, while Akpieyi was linked to losses exceeding $3.5 million. He was convicted after trial and is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence.

Reacting to Hall’s disappearance, U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle condemned her actions, describing her failure to report to prison as a blatant disregard for the law.

Authorities warn that if apprehended and convicted for failing to surrender, Hall faces an additional prison term of up to 10 years, which would run consecutively to her existing sentence. She could also be fined up to $250,000.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched a manhunt and is calling on members of the public with useful information to come forward.

The case underscores growing concerns over transnational fraud networks exploiting digital platforms to target unsuspecting victims, often with devastating financial and emotional consequences.

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If she's in the US, no hiding place for her

Ego be soon or late.
We are all here

When she feels na hustle be this??
US no dey carry last.
Do good and preach the good will.

Dejiskills:
And she is beautiful lady

your definition of beauty pls

Chai. She don bob shaperly

This one don land for Ikpoba Hill for B city.

Nobody fit catch ordinary air.

Ha, nawa o. Some people's minds are a case study!

Trump is 100 right about illegal migrants and muslim islamist terrorists. Its not a joke

They been on her ass fr a while now




Finally, they will start making her question her life choices

woman hunt


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Before them nab this Werey, she for don pen down plenty motivational quotes on social media

........after failing to report to prison to begin serving an eight-year sentence over her role in a romance fraud scheme that targeted vulnerable victims.

After failing to report to prison to start serving her sentence?
Which kind news be this?
Is she not supposed to be in custody and taken to court before being sentenced?

So person go dey house and hear on the news or through a letter that she is sentenced to 8 years in prison and you want her to shower, pack her clothes, go to a nice restaurant with her date for a sumptuous meal and take an Uber to prison to start serving her terms?

No be small tin.....

Pootle:
your definition of beauty pls

Everybody is beautiful in the eyes of who thinks they're beautiful.

The Western world is hypocritical.

If I use lies to get money from someone, its a civil matter.
But if I use romantic lies to get money from someone, its a criminal matter.

the reason they take Romantic scam serious is becos its mainly blacks whio do it

NCAN are disappointed

the story get as ee be bro [quote author= post=139183261]After failing to report to prison to start serving her sentence?
Which kind news be this?
Is she not supposed to be in custody and taken to court before being sentenced?

So person go dey house and hear on the news or through a letter that she is sentenced to 8 years in prison and you want her to shower, pack her clothes, go to a nice restaurant with her date for a sumptuous meal and take an Uber to prison to start serving her terms?

No be small tin.....[/quote]

SenecaTheYonger:
Before them nab this Werey, she for don pen down plenty motivational quotes on social media

Yes oo all these small god big girl wannabe them

socialmediaman:
If she's in the US, no hiding place for her

…what if some weirdo takes her in?

socialmediaman:
If she's in the US, no hiding place for her

She was last spotted in Dulles airport Washington DC, I bet she took that United airlines Washington to Lagos flight and is now somewhere in Edo State.

How long can she hide? If it's in Nigeria, she may not be found again but America?

Dejiskills:
And she is a beautiful lady.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFp_QfiDbBQ?si=XKt84irS9OQSAamm

Na wowo woman they go use for love scam before?😁

Well I just hope she is still alive sha.

If she is, she better had left the US else she should know better than hiding within the country. She will only be compounding her problems

Abeg, no mind them. Enter Iran and have a new life there. US citizens are defrauding people on daily basis and no body is saying anything about it. The money even too small self Enter Iran..

What is her name? so i can report her to relevant interpol authorities when she lands in her REGION in Nigeria.

[quote author= post=139183261]After failing to report to prison to start serving her sentence?
Which kind news be this?
Is she not supposed to be in custody and taken to court before being sentenced?

So person go dey house and hear on the news or through a letter that she is sentenced to 8 years in prison and you want her to shower, pack her clothes, go to a nice restaurant with her date for a sumptuous meal and take an Uber to prison to start serving her terms?

No be small tin.....[/quote]Not every crime the convicted is in custody before starting their prison sentence, especially non violent crimes.

Bubu4Sea:
The Western world is hypocritical.

If I use lies to get money from someone, its a civil matter.
But if I use romantic lies to get money from someone, its a criminal matter.

the reason they take Romantic scam serious is becos its mainly blacks whio do it

NCAN are disappointed

Both are still OBT you are the one who doesn’t get it.

Lol… Aunty don quietly deport herself.

Just give her former country ultimatum to fish her out and extradite her.

Even if she'soutside the U.S. they will get her.

socialmediaman:
If she's in the US, no hiding place for her

She’s probably gone home to Nigeria to buy form for the forthcoming election.
She’s gotta prep.