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- Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo received a five-year federal prison sentence from U.S. District Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright in Tacoma.
- He posed as a deployed serviceman named “Giovanni” on dating sites and was arrested at a Texas airport in 2024.
- A federal jury convicted him of 14 wire-fraud counts for stealing $3.5 million over a 15-year period.
- Victims lost homes and savings and reported shame, depression and isolation after sending money to Nwadialo.
