'Heartless con man' J.G. Spooner sentenced to prison for GoFundMe, rent, bad check scams

[bathroommonkey76]

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A prosecutor called former Cleveland radio host J.G. Spooner a "heartless con-man" minutes before a judge sentenced him to 30 months in prison in a series of scams that took advantage of complete strangers and the family of a dying friend.

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Brian J. Corrigan handed down the sentence after Spooner pleaded guilty to theft charges stemming from a months-long rent scam that he carried out while already under indictment for money laundering charges connected to a dying friend's GoFundMe account.

Corrigan also ordered Spooner to pay more than $16,000 in restitution to eight victims of his scams.

"Everyone knew J.G. Spooner as a radio personality," assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor Edward Brydle told Corrigan. "But I don't think anybody knew he was a heartless con-man."

more:

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/02/heartless_conman_jg_spooner_se.html

[Maru Kitteh]

1. Huh, imagine that. Setting up a fraudulent gofundme can land your ass in jail.

Isn't that something?

[malaise]

2. Good to see

Hope our fraudster this week saw this.

[bathroommonkey76]

3. The girl who trusted him to set up the GFM account ended up dying.

There are some evil spirits floating around in this world.

[uppityperson]

4. Truly

[herding cats]

5. Imagine that, commit a crime and you end up incarcerated

What's the world coming to?!

[bluedigger]

6. "I steal, therefore I am?"

[herding cats]

8. Maybe that's what they were thinking?

[bluedigger]

10. It was punnier before you edited.

[herding cats]

11. It was indeed!

A for the reply which drew my attention to my autocorrect mishap!

[Maru Kitteh]

12. I love puns. And autocorrect.

[herding cats]

13. Stick around then.

I'm an endless source of autocorrect mishaps! Enough I should have my own website to showcase them all!

[bathroommonkey76]

14. My tablet is the reason behind my autocorrect errors.

[herding cats]

15. Same here.

Well, That and I'm as myopic as a mouse. It's a lethal combo.

[bathroommonkey76]

16. My one-eyed uncle

uses a monocle for his myopia disorder- you should look into one.

[Maru Kitteh]

7. I know! So mean - holding people accountable for cruel manipulation

to defraud generous and kind people. Who can imagine such a thing.

[herding cats]

9. Right?

What's an honest crook to do now days?