The newly elected Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo has been arrested in Texas, United States of America (USA) over his alleged involvement in internet fraud.
Edum News learnt that the politician was involved in romance scam where he scammed his unsuspecting victims to the tune of $3.3 million.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington, the Anambra politician was arrested upon his arrival at a Texas airport following an indictment for his arrest which was issued in December 2023.
The US Attorney’s office revealed that the Nwadialo scammed several victims from popular sites including Zoosk, Christian Café and Match using the name “Giovanni.”
He was said to have lied to his victims that he could not meet with them because he is a military officer deployed overseas.
The US attorney revealed that Nwadialo convinced one of the women to send him over $2.4 million, claiming he had been fined $150,000 by the military for revealing his location.
Also, he deceived another of his victims to send him $330,000 in order to fund his father’s burial which never happened, among many others.
It was also gathered that according to the US laws, if found guilty, the LG Chairman who was elected under the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) would be jailed for 20 years.
