A Ghanaian scammer has been jailed for 40 months in the United States of America for defrauding an American woman.
The 38-year-old man who goes by the name Richard Yaw Dorpe has received 40 months jail sentence in the USA after taking an amount of $300,000 from a 68-year-old widow in the USA.
In addition to the $300,000, he also took some electronic gadgets.
Yaw Dorpe who carried his criminal activities while in Ghana has been sentenced for a romance scam after he pleaded guilty at the Court in the Eastern District of Virginia.
According to our source, Yaw Dorpe signed up on an online dating site that is specifically meant for people in their 50's.
Since he does not meet the required age, he disguised himself as a single bald 57-year-old caucasian man based in Virginia Beach and also deals in gold and jewellery.
Mr Dorpe who is a married man with kids met his scam victim and professed love to her on the site.
He was able to manipulate the widow into giving him items like clothes, a watch, jewellery and an amount of $300,000.
After some time, the widow came to the realization that she was a victim of a romance scam.
A thorough investigation by the USA FBI led to the identification of the Ghanaian scammer and through collaboration with the Ghanaian authorities he was arrested and extradited to the USA for prosecution.
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