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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has placed a reward of up to $5,000 for actionable information leading to the arrest of a 46-year-old Nigerian woman, Emuobosan Emanuella Hall, who absconded after being sentenced to eight years in a United States federal prison for her involvement in an international romance scam network.
Hall received a 96-month prison sentence in January 2026 after pleading guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering alongside conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
The FBI listed Hall on its official Most Wanted website on Friday, issuing a federal fugitive notice after she violated her court-ordered bond conditions by failing to surrender to correctional authorities to commence her prison term.
“The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of Emuobosan Emanuella Hall,” the federal agency stated in its official publication.
“Emuobosan Emanuella Hall is wanted for failing to surrender for service of a sentence in Louisiana. In April of 2024, Hall was charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with her role in a romance scam in which she laundered funds from numerous victims,” the bureau added.
“She was arrested in Georgia and released on bond. She later pled guilty to the charges and was sentenced in January of 2026 to 96 months in federal prison. In March of 2026, Hall failed to appear at the facility where she was to serve her time as ordered.”
“A federal arrest warrant was issued for Hall in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 31, 2026, after she was charged with Bond Violation – Failure to Surrender for Service of a Sentence. She was then charged by criminal complaint on April 14, 2026, with failure to appear for service of a sentence and indicted on October 23, 2026, for the same charges,” the statement concluded.
According to the FBI, Hall was born in Nigeria and maintains family and operational ties to Warri, Oleh, and Abuja, alongside international connections to London, Gloucester, and Croydon in England, as well as Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States.
Investigators noted that the fugitive operates under several aliases, including Emuobosan E. Hall, Emuobosan Emanuella Erih, and “Mobo.”
A separate statement from the US Department of Justice detailed that members of the criminal syndicate targeted victims across popular social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, by creating fictitious profiles impersonating military generals, overseas philanthropists, and international entrepreneurs.
The fraudsters cultivated romantic relationships with targets before soliciting substantial financial transfers under false pretenses, claiming the funds were designated for emergency medical procedures or charitable initiatives.
Federal prosecutors established that Hall and her co-defendant, Kenneth G. Akpieyi, operated a shell entity named Le Beau Monde LLC to clean illicit proceeds, depositing victim payments into company accounts before transferring funds to various domestic and foreign financial institutions.
Court records indicate that Hall admitted personal responsibility for $851,207 in victim losses, while her accomplice, Akpieyi, was held accountable for defrauding victims of over $3.5 million and received a 25-year prison sentence in 2025.
Tracking records released by the FBI revealed that Hall’s ankle monitor transmitted its final location signal from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 24, 2026, before going offline.
Although she informed her assigned probation officer that she was traveling to Minnesota to report to her designated federal facility, airline manifest reviews confirmed she never boarded her scheduled flight.
If apprehended and convicted on the additional bond violation and failure-to-appear charges, Hall faces up to 10 additional years in federal prison to be served consecutively to her original eight-year term, alongside potential fines reaching $250,000.
The FBI has requested anyone with information regarding her whereabouts to submit tips directly via its official telephone line at 1-800-CALL-FBI or through its online portal.
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