A North Texas woman who was convicted in December of multiple charges related to a romance scam operation, has been sentenced to serve 10 years in prison,...
Ijeoma Okoro, 33, was convicted in December, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas.A Denton County woman convicted late last year on charges related to a large “romance scheme” operation in North Texas has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, federal prosecutors for the northern district of Texas announced.
Ijeoma Okoro, 33, of Aubrey, has also been ordered to pay more than $2.2 million in restitution, the attorney’s office said in a Tuesday news release. Aubrey is a Denton County city about 50 miles north of downtown Dallas.of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, the attorney’s office said. She was sentenced Monday.Chief U.S.
“Once the fraudsters ingratiated themselves to their often divorced or widowed victims with promises of long-term commitment, the fraudsters concocted elaborate stories about why they needed financial assistance,” the attorney’s office said. To date, three others who were arrested in 2021 — Emanuel Stanley Orji, Frederick Orji and Oluwalobamise Michael Moses — have pleaded guilty to similar charges in connection with romance scams, according to online court records. Emanuel Stanley and Frederick Orji has each been sentenced to 37 months in prison, and Moses has been sentenced to two years.
One of the suspects, Chukwuemeka Orji, also convicted of crimes related to the scam operation remains at large, the U.S. attorney’s office said., Breaking News reporter. Hojun Choi covers breaking news. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Before joining the Dallas Morning News, he was a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman.
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