CINCY ROMANCE SCAM 

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, ONE MAN WITH TIES TO AFRICA WAS SENTENCED TO PRISON YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) FOR MONEY LAUNDERING IN A ONLINE ROMANCE SCAM. 
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CONFIRMS THAT 41-YEAR-OLD RICHARD AGYEMANG (AH-JAY-MANG) WAS SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR LAUNDERING MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN PROCEEDS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL ROMANCE SCAM. COURT RECORDS SHOW HE CONSPIRED WITH INDIVIDUALS IN GHANA (GAA-NUH) TO CREATE FAKE DATING PROFILES, TARGET ELDERLY AND RECENTLY BEREAVED INDIVIDUALS AND DEVELOP ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS. ONCE TRUST WAS ESTABLISHED, THE SCAMMERS ASKED FOR MONEY FOR EMERGENCIES. IN ADDITION TO PRISON, AGYEMANG WILL HAVE TO PAY OVER ONE POINT FIVE MILLION IN RESTITUTION TO THE VICTIMS.