{"id":80240,"date":"2023-01-17T20:43:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T20:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/17\/fake-general-scammed-seniors-in-online-romance-scheme\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:16:00","slug":"fake-general-scammed-seniors-in-online-romance-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2023\/01\/17\/fake-general-scammed-seniors-in-online-romance-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake \u2018general\u2019 scammed seniors in online romance scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PROVIDENCE, R.I. \u2014 A Texas man has pleaded guilty to his role in a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-texas-rhode-island-arrests-money-laundering-7dda7ee1c196facc6a9ed90830371d56\" target=\"_blank\">romance scam<\/a> in which women from across the nation were cheated out of a total of about $1.6 million by someone often pretending to be a U.S. Army general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fola Alabi, who is also known as Folayemi Alabi, 52, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island last week to conspiracy and money laundering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ri\/pr\/texas-man-admits-role-scamming-seniors-rhode-island-and-elsewhere-online-romance-scams\" target=\"_blank\">federal prosecutors said in a statement Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to prosecutors, someone often posing as a general stationed overseas befriended women online, then gradually gained their trust by feigning romantic or personal interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The women, often in their 70s and 80s and widowed or divorced, were persuaded to send cash or checks to addresses and companies controlled by Alabi, who lived in Richmond, Texas, near Houston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The money was then deposited into bank accounts he also controlled, prosecutors said, before being quickly withdrawn or transferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal agents who searched Alabi\u2019s cellphone found photographs and videos of packages containing cash and checks he had received from some victims, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victims were from Rhode Island, Tennessee, North Carolina, California, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas, Idaho and South Dakota, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Arizona woman lost $334,000, according to an affidavit filed in the case. 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