𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 ‘𝐈 𝐝𝐨’ 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐚𝐢𝐥: 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 $𝟑𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝

A planned wedding for Saturday has taken a dramatic turn as the soon-to-be-married couple, Darlington Akporugo, 46, and Jasmin Sood, 35, have been arrested on charges of defrauding elderly Americans over $3 million through online romance scams.

Information provided on the website for the wedding revealed that the ceremony was scheduled to take place on May 25 in Houston, Texas.

According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Akporugo and Sood allegedly conspired for over seven years, targeting widowed victims on social media and dating platforms.

A statement by the USAO in April read, “A Nigerian man who resided in Fulshear is set to appear in court on allegations he conspired to defraud over a dozen elder Americans who thought they were in romantic online relationships and sent millions to a network of fraudsters, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

Source: Punch Newspapers