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OKLAHOMA CITY — FBI agents are making the initial arrests within their research of a online dating sites scam which has duped victims away from huge amount of money.

The scam utilized online dating sites like ChristianMingle, Match and OurTime to befriend older females.

A widow from Oklahoma City destroyed a lot more than $1 million year that is last the scam to a guy who pretended to be always an economic adviser initially from Manchester, England, an FBI agent reported in a court affidavit. An other woman destroyed $1.1 million.

A victim in sc destroyed $345,000, and a target in Michigan destroyed $215,000.

Two Houston residents, Ken Ejimofor Ezeah, 33, and Akunna Baiyina Ejiofor, 31, had been charged Wednesday in Oklahoma City federal court with cable fraudulence and conspiracy to commit wire fraudulence with their so-called functions when you look at the scam.

These are typically being held in Houston, where these people were arrested.

Ejiofor admitted participation within the scam, saying she put up the fake records on online dating sites for Ezeah, FBI Special Agent David Tyus reported in a court affidavit.

She stated she only participated “to your level she could build an income for rent,” the agent published.

“Ezeah or an acquaintance of their named Franklin would ask her to talk with victims if they required a voice that is female” the representative penned Wednesday. “She reported that she knew that Franklin utilized the persona Edward Peter Duffey whenever coping with victims. Continua a leggere