A man from New Jersey (United States) has been arrested for cheating 2.1 million dollars (almost two million euros) to about 30 victims through dating applications, in which he was posing as a military to deceive them and They sent him money, authorities said Wednesday.

Rubbin Sarpong , 35, allegedly organized a plot in which, along with several collaborators and for more than three years, "he established profiles on several dating websites, using fictitious or stolen identities, and pretended to be US military personnel. parked outside the country, "explained the Department of Justice .

Sarpong and the other people, some residents in Ghana , wooed their victims and established sentimental relationships with them, often telling them that they were stationed in Syria , that they had received gold bars and needed financial help to pay for their shipment to the United States, from agreement to the New Jersey Prosecutor's Office .

"The authorities have identified more than 30 victims and a total of lost money that exceeds $ 2.1 million," said a statement, adding that Sarpong entered almost $ 825,000 in his personal bank accounts while social networks posed with tickets, luxury cars and jewelry.

He and his collaborators told the victims that they would return the money once they fulfilled their mission, "that is, transport non-existent gold bars to the US," the Prosecutor's Office said, but instead they took it out in cash, sent it to settled accounts in the country or to Ghana.

The authorities, including the FBI , explained that the individuals acted between January 2016 and September 2019 and used "endless email accounts and telephones with VOiP communication service (technology that allows voice over the internet)."

Sarpong, arrested today, is accused of conspiring to commit a scam, a crime that is punishable by a maximum of 20 years in prison and a fine of $ 250,000 .

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