Brandon Dae Up Kiehm was previously convicted in 2017 for similar “romance scams”
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- Brandon Dae Up Kiehm, 45, was charged with one count of second-degree grand larceny in a “romance scam”
- Kiehm allegedly stole approximately $272,000 from a woman he met on the dating app, Bumble, the Manhattan District Attorney announced Thursday, Dec. 18
- He allegedly convinced her to purchase a Brooklyn home, but then transferred the money into a joint account he shared with an associate
A man was indicted for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a woman in a “romance scam,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. announced on Thursday, Dec. 18.
Brandon Dae Up Kiehm, 45, allegedly stole approximately $272,000 from a 44-year-old woman he met on the dating app, Bumble. He was charged with one count of second-degree grand larceny. He was released on non-monetary bail.
Kiehm and the woman met online in 2019, and he introduced himself under a different name, “Dae Up Lee Kim,” court documents allege, Bragg said. He claimed he “was a finance professional who had graduated from Stanford.”…