An American man has been remanded by a Nigerian High Court judge after allegedly defrauding three people of more than half a million dollars. Marco Ramirez, an American citizen currently held at Kirikiri Maximum Priso, in the country's south west, was tried for running an elaborate green card and investment scam to steal $US565,000 ($745,000) from locals. He pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of obtaining money under false pretenses. Nigerian prosecutors alleged that Ramirez had set up a fake company under the name Eagleford Instalodge Group, which he would then use to procure investment under the assumption that he ... (full story)