CINCI ROMANCE SCAM 

A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A CINCINNATI MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A FRADULENT ROMANCE CONSPIRACY ALLEGEDLY INVOLVING MORE THAN $2 MILLION IN LOSS TO DOZENS OF VICTIMS. 
THE INDICTMENT ALLEGES THAT 40-YEAR-OLD RICHARD OPOKU AGYEMANG CONSPIRED WITH OTHERS TO USE STOLEN PHOTOGRAPHS AND FALSE INFORMATION AND CREATE PROFILES ON DATING WEBSITES SO THEY COULD ESTABLISH ONLINE ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR VICTIMS. EVENTUALLY, THE COCONSPIRATORS- PRETENDING TO BE THE PERSON IN THE FALSE PROFILE- WOULD ASK THE VICTIMS FOR MONEY, SAYING IT WAS NEEDED FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES OR TO HELP OBTAIN A LARGE INHERITANCE. MEMBERS OF THE CONSPIRACY WOULD ALLEGEDLY LAUNDER THE PROCEEDS OF THE SCHEME BY MAKING WIRE AND ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS, TOTALING MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS, TO DOMESTIC ACCOUNTS AND TO ACCOUNTS IN CHINA.