A Nigerian man in the US has been accused of impersonating the Attorney General of
Montana and is
set to be charged for the crime.
44-year-old Kazeem Owonla allegedly
used AG Tim Fox’s
photo to set up a fake online dating profile which he used to scam several
women.
The suspect presented
himself to one woman as John Tony Hagan, an electrical engineer who was working
in Egypt, and managed to dupe her of more than $100,000.
The unidentified victim
said she met “Hagan” online in January and “it got pretty intense fairly
quickly.” She also told WNDU-TV that the suspect had shown “lots of passion and
attention,” and expressed embarrassment that she had fallen for the scam.
Owonla got another woman
to send him a total of $11,590 after he identified himself as Henry Tesone, an
electrical engineer in South Africa.
The Attorney General’s
photo was taken from his campaign website without his permission and
spokesperson, John Barnes has said that the AG is upset that his image was used
in the scam.
Owonla’s bail has been
set at $150,000 cash.
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