38-year-old Akua Dufie of Richmond pleaded not guilty before a US Magistrate judge Tuesday.
woman accused of scamming her online dates out of tens of thousands of dollars appeared in federal court for the first time on Tuesday. KNOW THE SIGNS:Two weeks ago, a federal grand jury indicted Dufie on seven charges related to money laundering and fraud.
Investigators say Dufie worked with a co-conspirator, 39-year-old Kenneth Anim, a dual citizen from Ghana. to create sham businesses. The story behind Houston online romance scam A Houston family says their elderly father was scammed out of more than $100,000 dollars by a woman he met through a dating site. Social Catfish reports people seeking love lost a record $547 million dollars to romance scams last year with Texas being the third highest state. FOX 26's Heather Sullivan investigates and you won't believe what she uncovered.
The two allegedly opened multiple bank accounts to collect tens of thousands of dollars from people they’d apparently scammed online through dating sites. Authorities believe the various mail and wire fraud schemes lasted several years from 2014 to 2019. If convicted, Dufie and Anim face up to 20 years in federal prison and could pay up to a $500,000 fine.
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