Handsome, 6ft 3in tall and an architect to boot, when David Cohen’s profile came up on the Plenty of Fish dating website, Lise Johansen had no hesitation in swiping right. The year was 2018 and the then 55-year-old mother of two was not long out of a 25-year marriage. ‘When…
Woman defrauds holocaust survivor she met on dating app, sentenced to 51 months in prison | #lovescams | #datingapps
A woman from Florida is accused of defrauding a holocaust survivor she met on a dating app out of $2.8 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York states. Peaches Stergo was sentenced to 51 months in prison was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos for her…
Canton Man Who Swindled $1.1M From Lonely ‘Mugus’ Gets Over 4 Years In Prison: Feds | Norfolk Daily Voice | #lovescams | #datingapps
Mark Arome Okuo, of Canton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud and obstruction of justice earlier this year, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Along with his 55 months in prison, Okuo must repay his victims, the judge ruled. Investigators said Okuo took part in romance…
Patrick Giblin conned women all over the US. Now he’s going to prison for 5 years | #lovescams | #datingapps
CNN — Patrick Giblin was like the American version of the “Tinder Swindler” – but without the private jets. He wooed women with stories about his respectable family – his father was a judge, he said – and beachfront property in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he said he worked…
Romance scammers sentenced to more than 3 years in prison | #lovescams | #datingapps
According to court documents, the Orjis and their co-defendants preyed on elderly victims, many of whom were widowed or divorced. DALLAS — A romance scammer with ties to a Nigerian organized crime syndicate was sentenced Monday to more than three years in federal prison, according to U.S. Attorney for the…
A fake Romeo charmed more than 100 women with promises of romance, then scammed them. Now he’s going to prison | #lovescams | #datingapps
By Faith Karimi, CNN Patrick Giblin was like the American version of the “Tinder Swindler” — but without the private jets. He wooed women with stories about his respectable family — his father was a judge, he said — and beachfront property in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he said…
Fake Romeo charmed more than 100 women with romance, scammed them, going to prison | #lovescams | #datingapps
MIAMI — Patrick Giblin was like the American version of the “Tinder Swindler” — but without the private jets. He wooed women with stories about his respectable family — his father was a judge, he said — and beachfront property in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he said he worked…
Man who admitted to scamming elderly women through dating apps sentenced to prison | #lovescams | #datingapps
A man who pleaded guilty to scamming women through dating apps has been sentenced to more than three years in prison, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas announced Monday. Frederick Orji, 38, was among 11 people who were arrested and indicted last year following a federal…
Boston man gets prison time for romance scams, other online fraud schemes – Boston 25 News | #lovescams | #datingapps
BOSTON — A Boston man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison and ordered to pay more than $680,000 in restitution for his role in romance scams and other online fraud schemes. Macpherson Osemwegie, 32, pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire…
Man took $75,000 in senior romance scam, sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison – WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | #lovescams | #datingapps
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Federal officials say the man behind a nationwide senior romance scam has been sentenced. Edwin Agbi, the architect behind a scheme to steal money from elderly people, has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison, according to the Department of Justice. The sentence was imposed…