Florida man arrested for scamming widow out of thousands in romance scam

A Bradenton widower lost $100K to a man police say pretended to be a woman from the United Kingdom who needed to pay off a debt before she could move to Florida to be in a relationship with him. Police began investigating in June 2024 when the victim’s children learned of their father’s supposed relationship with a woman named ‘Julia.' READ: https://www.fox13news.com/news/suspected-romance-scammer-swindles-100k-from-bradenton-widower-police FOX 13 Tampa Bay brings you the important videos like breaking news, Tampa Bay weather, and local stories. But also plenty of fun stuff, like 'We Live Here' tips, the best of our archives, and all those 'only-in-Florida' stories. Subscribe to FOX 13 News: https://www.youtube.com/FOX13TampaBay?sub_confirmation=1 Watch more FOX 13 News video: https://fox13news.com/ Watch FOX 13 News live: https://fox13news.com/live Download our app: https://fox13news.onelink.me/Sd7G?pid=social&c=youtube&af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fox13news.com%2Fapps Get our newsletter: https://www.fox13news.com/email