A serial romance scammer, who told victims he worked for the BBC and MI6, has been jailed for more than five years. Kitchen ...

Two months of romance cost her a lifetime of savings.

Naabanyin Aniagyei-Cobbold, 30, of East Hartford, was sentenced in Des Moines, Iowa to nine years in prison. He must pay more than $1.5 million back to his victims.

Victims were targeted and manipulated through deception and false relationships, often losing money they could not afford to lose, an official said.

The FBI reported that in 2024, approximately 59,000 individuals fell victim to romance scams, losing over $672 million.

Officials said the defendant starred in a music video titled "S.C.A.M." that featured lyrics about receiving "scam money" and "laundering it up." ...

Naabanyin Aniagyei-Cobbold was sentenced on March 5, 2026, to nine years in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,554,442.46 ...

POLICE are desperately searching for an influencer who allegedly posed as a teenage girl with cancer in a £30,000 romance scam. Cops are hunting Brazilian man Luís Felipe de Oliveira, 23, after he ...

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