Ghanaian woman jailed 5 years in US for $1.6million romance scam

A Maryland-based Ghanaian woman has been sentenced to 70 months in a United States federal prison for her role in a romance scam that defrauded victims across the country of more than $1.

She falsely claimed Han-Dak LLC was a legitimate garment production company in China and later produced fake invoices and customer lists in response to a federal grand jury subpoena to obstruct the investigation.

Courts & Judiciary "Romance scammers exploit victims when they are at their most vulnerable," said Eugene Kowel, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Omaha Field Office, in a statement.