A man from Jamaica has pled guilty to multiple federal charges in connection with a seven-year sweepstakes scam that defrauded a California woman out of more than $180,000, prosecutors said.

On Monday, the Department of Justice announced that 35-year-old Dwayne Anderson of Hanover, Jamaica pled guilty Friday to federal wire fraud charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.

Anderson was arrested by Jamaican authorities in July 2024 after being indicted on eight counts of wire fraud and was extradited to the U.S., where he was incarcerated pending trial.

"The Department of Justice is committed to protecting Americans from the threats posed by transnational criminals and will vigorously pursue them, wherever they are located," assistant attorney general Brett Shu

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