Feds Charge 80 People Over Massive Online Fraud Conspiracy
One of the victims is a Japanese woman who sent more than $200,000 to a person she thought was a U.S. service member in Syria, according to the federal complaint.
A Japanese woman met a person online in March 2016 who said he was a U.S. Army captain based in Syria.
They quickly became close, exchanging messages over email. She thought she was in a romantic relationship with the man, who called himself Terry Garcia.
Over the course of 10 months, the Japanese woman lost more than $200,000, sending money
