A man believed to be behind a “Nigerian romance scam” that defrauded two Colorado Springs women out of thousands of dollars was in court Thursday.
Kelly Itive is charged with theft and criminal impersonation.
He met his victims on social media posing as a middle-aged white man with an engineering background.
He scammed the women out of $78,000 dollars.
Itive was arrested in Georgia in January and was transferred to Colorado to face charges.
Itive will be arraigned on July 18th.
