Four ‘romance scammers’ were on Monday charged by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) with twenty-one counts of conspiracy to commit a felony and three counts of forgery.
They were charged after they allegedly defrauded eight women of sums totalling $804,000.
The accused scammers have been identified as: Khadijah Long, 27, of Lot 28-26 Central Amelia’s Ward, Mackenzie, Linden; Wayne Halley, a 27-year-old driver of Lot 194 First Street, Mocha, East Bank Demerara; Kevon McBean, a 43-year-old postal clerk of Lot 42 Amelia’s Ward, Linden; and Matthew Ejike Nwackukwu, a 36-year-old unemployed Nigerian national of Lot 96 Duncan Street, Kitty, Georgetown.