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    American turned Ukrainian homeless to return home

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A former write-in candidate for Arizona governor who ended up homeless in Ukraine says he is flying back to Phoenix next week after being entangled in an online dating scam.

    Cary Dolego, 53, ended up on the streets of a western Ukrainian city after a dating scam. He came in search of a Ukrainian bride but ran out of money. He said Thursday he will return to Phoenix thanks to a loan from the U.S. Embassy.

    Social workers in Chernivtsi last week found Dolego among the homeless — hungry, unkempt and suffering from pneumonia.

    Dolego, who ran for governor last year, sold his house and belongings in Queen Creek, Arizona to fund his trip to Ukraine. He says he had been planning to meet and settle with a Chernivtsi woman he had met online, but she never showed up.

    The woman, Yulia, eventually showed up, but claimed someone had hacked into her account and had been exchanging e-mails with Dolego on her behalf. She refused to give her last name, citing privacy concerns.

    "We've heard lots of stories of Americans using Ukrainian dating services and hoping to find their future wives," said U.S. Embassy spokesman Jim Wolf.

    It was unclear why Dolego did not immediately seek help from the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, which offers loans and other support to destitute Americans abroad to help them return home.

    Anastasia Beridze, a social worker whose charity spotted Dolego, suggested he was seeking unusual experiences.

    "It was a fun adventure for him," Beridze said. "He likes this lifestyle, but now it's over and he is returning to America."

    Dolego said he plans to live with one of his three adult children back in Arizona and find a job, but eventually would like to return to Ukraine, a country he fell in love with.

    "The people in the Ukraine are the most hospitable you'd ever want to meet," Dolego said, speaking from the Chernivtsi hospital where he was being treated for pneumonia. "I need a special lady, a Ukrainian lady so that we can start a life together."

     
    • DougS  •  6 mths ago
      "Hello, my name Peggy."
    • Scoot  •  Lake Havasu City, United States  •  6 mths ago
      He has all the requirements to be a politician, a.) uses bad judgement frequently b.) unable to manage money c.) loves to chase skirt
      • ducatisti 6 mths ago
        You are so right!
      • Rana 6 mths ago
        Since he proved to the world he has all those qualities, Maybe he could still make Governor
      • X X 6 mths ago
        You're right about that Scoot.
    • Andy A  •  Richmond, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Great, now we're outsourcing wives.
      • ppw 6 mths ago
        exactly... :D
      • MEF 6 mths ago
        Husbands.
      • Thatotherguy 6 mths ago
        because American women are turning into crappy self centered egomaniacs who have no class or dignity...PERIOD. I have met women from Russian and the Ukraine here in America and they are for the most part in my experience so much more interesting that American women, they actually know how to act like a lady.
        Shocking.
    • SA  •  Sunnyvale, United States  •  6 mths ago
      In a related story, PETA announced disgust because the man was wearing a dead beaver on his head.
      • LindaB 6 mths ago
        LOL!
      • Julian 6 mths ago
        hahah home run..
      • Greg 6 mths ago
        Yes, his hair style is out of date (never was a good style). It's still better than those stupid tattoos and piercings. Some of those piercings look like fishing accidents.
        It'll be easier for him to cut his hair than it will be for your skin to grow closed and REMOVE the fooglay tattoos from your body.
    • shredder  •  Hayward, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Is that a mullet? He looks like Chas Bono.
      • Leonora 6 mths ago
        Chas Bono is MUCH smarter, though.
      • Say it ain't so! 6 mths ago
        Right, Chas already has a woman. At least we think she is a women?
      • Scott 6 mths ago
        Funny!
    • KC  •  San Diego, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Let me get this straight; guy is asking the US GOVERNMENT for $$$ return to the US, so he can save up $$ to move BACK to the Ukraine? Are we sure he has not held elected office? That logic is brilliant by Washington standards.
    • Olio  •  Sacramento, United States  •  6 mths ago
      “A fool and his money are soon parted.” Thomas Tusser
    • David  •  6 mths ago
      $30 for internet dating fees. $950 for a plane ticket to the Ukraine. Looking like a total #$%$ to the rest of the world? PRICELESS!
    • MS  •  Lima, Peru  •  6 mths ago
      This man gives the word idiot a whole new dimension.
    • VictorS  •  6 mths ago
      Did everyone notice the little mullet he's got going on? I rest my case
    • Jean W  •  Stillwater, United States  •  6 mths ago
      What an idiot!!!!
    • soothsayer  •  6 mths ago
      He sold a house to fund a trip to Ukraine? The ticket is $1000 give and take, hotels are $35 a night in a small town. At the most a trip like that would probably cost some $3K. He did not do his homework. Or maybe he was living in a trailer park in a rusty old trailer?
    • Happy customer  •  6 mths ago
      well he had all the qualifications to be a politician. completely stupid
    • Matt  •  Portland, United States  •  6 mths ago
      I guess now that we no longer manufacture anything, we might as well start exporting our mentally ill people.
    • susan  •  St. Louis, United States  •  6 mths ago
      now see, he has publicity, maybe Kim Kardashian will marry him too...........
    • Joe  •  Algonquin, United States  •  6 mths ago
      What an idiot ! And to think this guys was running for governor...
    • menace  •  New York, United States  •  6 mths ago
      i met an online Ukrainian woman once, her name was John. she was beautiful
    • CaseAce  •  Encino, United States  •  6 mths ago
      "The people in the Ukraine are the most hospitable you'd ever want to meet," ...Sure they are, which is why he was found sick and homeless,
    • Robert L.B  •  6 mths ago
      If anyone asks for money in any amount, RUN! Its a Scam. The first thing you do is Google her first name, and you will find out quickly if she is part of a scam. Do these chumps really think they are going to get a super model like in their photos? He went to the Ukraine on a limited budget. #$%$ you buy a round way trip ticket, and leave before you run out of money! I like women, but I just gave up wasting my time trying to find love He really needs to re-evaluate his motives for seeking a wife, sex, love, cook and maid, or companionship. He can always go to India and buy a wife for under $500 if he is that desperate for a wife. My advise is that he really needs to re-examine himself. Is he really ready for a wife, or is he looking for a mother?
    • babalicious  •  St. Louis, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Evidently he hasn't learned from this lesson ..My ex spent $11,000 on chat and still doesn't have anything to show for it . Now he's broke and crying poor .. What a fool ..lol!
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