CU Tip Leads to 37-Month Prison Sentence for Texas Romance Fraudster

Fola Alabi is ordered to pay restitution of $1.4 million stolen through a national romance scam initially detected by Westerly Community CU.

By Peter Strozniak | April 27, 2023 at 03:00 PM

A federal judge sentenced a Texas man to 37 months in prison for running national online romance and investment schemes that were first reported to police after employees at the $467 million Westerly Community Credit Union in Rhode Island suspected one of its members was being scammed.

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