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Ghanaian national sentenced to 7 years in prison for stealing $10M from romance scam victims

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Derrick Van Yeboah impersonated fake romantic partners and directly interacted with victims for more than nine years. A 41-year-old Ghanaian national was sentenced to 85 months in prison for stealing more than $10 million from mostly older, lonely and vulnerable victims via romance scams, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

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