A man posing as Bruno Mars allegedly conned $100,000 from a Texas woman convinced she was dating the Grammy-winning pop star.
Chinwendu Azuonwu, 38, is accused of masquerading as the “Uptown Funk” singer on social media to cheat a 63-year-old woman out of tens of thousands of dollars. The pair allegedly met on Instagram in 2018, according to charging documents obtained by
Oxygen.com, after the woman joined social media to connect and find "companionship." Over the course of several weeks, she and the man she believed was Mars communicated frequently on the social media app and via Google Hangouts.
The 63-year-old, who has not been publicly named, was under the impression she was in a “meaningful relationship” with the famous entertainer, investigators said. Azuonwu allegedly sent her numerous texts and photos maintaining that he was actually Mars, and claiming he was on tour.