TROUP COUNTY, Ga. — A man accused of scamming a Georgia church out of thousands of dollars nearly a year ago is now facing charges.
The Troup County Sheriff’s Office say they received a report from a local church in late 2025 that they had been scammed out of more than $60,000.
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Investigators identified Ousmane Gassama Diaby, 32, from Arlington, Virginia as the suspect.
Earlier this month, a Troup County Major Nathan Taylor and another investigator from the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office flew to Newark, New Jersey and arrested Diaby as he was returning to the U.S. from Ghana.
“We will not tolerate anyone scamming our citizens, businesses, or churches. We will do all we can to investigate these offenses, and, when the perpetrator is identified, we will go to whatever lengths is required to bring them back to Troup County to answer for their crimes,” Taylor said.
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Diaby was booked into the Troup County Jail and charged with five counts of identity theft, money laundering, theft by taking and initiation of deceptive commercial email.
According to jail records, he is being held on a $131,000 bond.
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