PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A British man was sentenced to prison Wednesday after posing as a billionaire online, tricking a Portland resident, then stealing nearly $1.9 million from them in a romance fraud scheme.

Oscar Peters, 65, was sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Following his indictment by a federal grand jury in Portland in 2019, Peters was arrested in the United Kingdom in 2020 and then extradited from the U.K. to the United States in 2023.

The charge stems from a fraudulent, long-distance romance Peters began with his victim through the online dating site Millionaire Match Maker, court documents say. Peters claimed to be a billionaire living in Denmark, seeking long-term commitment a

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