Nigerian resident faces online dating scam charges
Owonla used photo of Montana's attorney general, falsified stories about overseas business problems
US: (AP) - A Nigerian resident faces charges that he set up an online dating profile using a photo of Montana s attorney general and falsified stories about overseas business problems to scam several women.
Felony charges against Kazeem Owonla were filed in Indiana, where one woman reported sending more than $100,000 to a man who represented himself as an electrical engineer who was working in Egypt.
A Kosciusko County deputy found bank transfers from the woman were ending up in an account owned by Owonla, who was in the U.S. on a visitor s visa last year.
Federal agents contacted officers in Georgia early Wednesday while Owonla was on a flight to the United States. He was arrested at the Atlanta airport.
Owonla will be returned to Indiana, where prosecutors say his bond is set at $150,000 cash.
