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

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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."

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