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Barney Davis

‘Catfish’ scammer jailed for 14 years after posing as US soldiers on dating websites

Rubbin Sarpong

(Picture: Instagram)

A man who helped dupe dozens of women into sending millions of dollars to people posing as US soldiers in an online dating fraud has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Rubbin Sarpong, 38, shared his flash lifestyle getting out of high-performance sports cars, wearing designer clothing and expensive jewellery on Instagram using money he swindled out of 36 victims.

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