[SpamCop-List] Re: (Media): ABC News,Internet Scammers Keep Working in Nigeria

[Ron B.]

Robert Blair wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 02:01:45 UTC, "Ron B." <zypher at spamcop.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Now, however, a 3-year-old crackdown is
>>yielding results, Nigerian authorities say.
> 
> 
> Not according to my inbox.
> 
> 
> "
> This month the biggest international scam of all though not one 
> involving the Internet ended in court convictions. Amaka Anajemba was 
> sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison and ordered to return $25.5 million
> of the $242 million she helped to steal from a Brazilian bank.
> "
> 
> The sentence does not match the crime, it would hardly deter anyone.
> 
> 

Please note the word "helped" in the quoted paragraph.  Perhaps the
whole $242 million were not in her control?