A TEXAS MAN has been arrested and charged with participating in an online romance scam in which women were cheated out of a total of nearly $1 million by someone pretending to be an Army general. Federal prosecutors in Rhode Island said Wednesday that 51-year-old Fola Alabi was arrested at his Richmond, Texas, home Tuesday and charged with wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. / COURTESY U.S. DISTRICT COURT
PROVIDENCE (AP) – A Texas man has been arrested for what authorities say was his role in an online romance scam in which women were cheated out of a total of nearly $1 million by someone pretending to be an Army general, federal prosecutors in Rhode Island said Wednesday. Fola Alabi, also known as Folayemi…
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