A Nigerian lottery fraudster nicknamed 'Fizzy' because of his love of vintage champagne has not paid back any of the £5 million he stole from pensioners nearly a decade ago.
Frank Onyeachonam, 49, was jailed for eight years in 2014 after a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to defraud following a three week Old Bailey trial.
The father-of-two swindled hundreds of vulnerable pensioners who were led to believe they had won the Australian lottery after receiving a bogus letter.
Targeting mainly American pensioners, the letters were sent by a ‘lottery agent’ who informed them they had won a life-changing prize and they needed to send a modest sum to release the funds.
Believing they had a stroke of good fortune, victims were hooked into paying fees to release their ‘winnings’ through an agent who would demand ‘activation fees’ to release their cash.
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