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Online Dating Scheme

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים למתקדמים.

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A man who helped dupe dozens into sending millions of dollars to people posing as U.S. military personnel in an online dating scheme has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison.

Rubbin Sarpong, 38, of Millville, New Jersey, must also pay more than $3 million in restitution to 36 victims under the sentence imposed Tuesday, as well as more than $385,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. He had pleaded guilty last November to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering and tax evasion counts.

Federal prosecutors say the scheme ran from January 2016 to September 2019. They say Sarpong and his co-conspirators, several of whom live in Ghana, set up phony profiles on online dating sites using fictitious or stolen identities and posing as U.S. military personnel.

They eventually pretended to forge romantic relationships with at least 40 victims overall and sought money from them, often purportedly to ship gold bars to the United States. The conspirators told many victims that their money would be returned once the gold bars were received in the United States, but instead, it was withdrawn in cash, and wired to other domestic bank accounts, and other conspirators in Ghana.

Sarpong received roughly $1.14 million in taxable income from the scheme but didn’t file income tax returns and paid no income tax, prosecutors said.

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Co-conspirators /koʊ kənˈspɪr ə tər/ noun קושרים שותפים

    a person who helps someone do something illegal or unlawful

    They were tagged as her co-conspirators during the investigation.

  • Dupe /dup/ verb פֶּתִי

    to trick someone into believing or doing something

    They dupe the psychologist who assesses them.

  • Fictitious /fɪkˈtɪʃ əs/ adjective בָּדוּי

    describing something that’s not real or true

    He gave a fictitious address on the application.

  • Phony /ˈfoʊ ni/ adjective מְזוּיָף

    fake but made to look real so that it can trick people

    She gave a phony name to the police.

  • Purportedly /pərˈpɔr tɪd li/ adverb לכאורה

    in a way that’s claimed or said to be true, but this may not be the case

    It was purportedly written by a famous author.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. Despite the bad experiences of many online dating app users, why do you think a lot of people are still signing up for them?
  2. Do you think it’s possible to find serious and lasting relationships through online dating apps? Why or why not?
  3. Can two people fall in love over the internet without meeting each other first?
  4. What are some of the good and bad things about online dating?
  5. What dating apps are popular in your country?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. How many years was the man sentenced to?

  2. What is he guilty of?

  3. How much money did Sarpong receive?

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