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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
Sat Jul 29, 2023, 05:23 PM Jul 2023

Florida woman gets more than 4 years in prison for swindling Holocaust survivor out of life savings. [View all]

Source: CNN

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A New York judge has sentenced a Florida woman to more than four years in prison for swindling a Holocaust survivor out of his life savings after meeting him on a dating website.

Peaches Stergo, 36, was sentenced Thursday, according to a news release from the US Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York. She had been charged six months earlier with one count of wire fraud for bilking the 87-year-old victim out of $2.8 million.

Prosecutors said Stergo and the victim met on the website about seven years ago. Over the next four and a half years, Stergo asked the victim to deposit money into her account for a variety of fraudulent reasons, such as paying lawyers to release a fake injury settlement.



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/28/us/florida-woman-swindle-holocaust-survivor/index.html#:~:text=A%20New%20York%20judge%20has,Southern%20District%20of%20New%20York.



How do you describe the viciousness of this person. She will meet some people in prison that are more vicious.
Good place for this ass**le to be. ....What a miserable piece of s**t...apologies to s**t everywhere!
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Some will be pumping her for info on how she did it... brush Jul 2023 #1
Post removed Post removed Jul 2023 #2
It never ceases to amaze me sarisataka Jul 2023 #12
Nothing funny about sexual assault in prison. PatrickforB Jul 2023 #15
Why is there no alert category for "prison rape joke" at this point is beyond me. eggplant Jul 2023 #16
Older folks get catfished all the time Snooper9 Jul 2023 #18
To me, this is where the law gets it wrong. This woman has changed the life of the victim, for the Escurumbele Jul 2023 #3
Yes, in prison for the "rest of her life."...That is it, and that is all!!! K and R your post.. Stuart G Jul 2023 #4
Never trust anyone named Peaches. nt leftyladyfrommo Jul 2023 #5
That is probably not her real name anyway DFW Jul 2023 #6
+1 orangecrush Jul 2023 #17
Inadequate sentence for this grave a crime tonekat Jul 2023 #7
I hope she gets time added for bad behavior. N/t DFW Jul 2023 #8
Maybe, just maybe, DENVERPOPS Jul 2023 #27
Movie - Papillon keithbvadu2 Jul 2023 #30
Awesome movie DENVERPOPS Jul 2023 #33
rotten "peaches" orleans Jul 2023 #9
I hope that the victim managed to recover some of his loss. question everything Jul 2023 #10
Unlikely. Women like Peaches are usually just fronting the whole thing Warpy Jul 2023 #14
A lot of those catfish ARE men. ShazzieB Jul 2023 #20
Not a lot unlike Melania DENVERPOPS Jul 2023 #28
The people I'm talking about are different from Melania. ShazzieB Jul 2023 #32
Thanks for the education Shazzie NC DENVERPOPS Jul 2023 #34
Nigeria and Ghana - Huge international, internet trade in romance and money scams. keithbvadu2 Jul 2023 #31
Payback for that Nigerian prince who turned out to be a fat old white guy Warpy Jul 2023 #35
I don't waaaaahna work! It's too haaaaaaard. Demobrat Jul 2023 #11
Shameful sarisataka Jul 2023 #13
Just Four Years DENVERPOPS Jul 2023 #19
I actually felt that it shows us just how small an amount... OldBaldy1701E Jul 2023 #21
4 Years isn't enough for ruining the rest of someone's life SouthernDem4ever Jul 2023 #25
Peaches Stergo, aka "Fraud Barbie." Jean Genie Jul 2023 #22
Its called elder abuse hydrolastic Jul 2023 #23
What was the name of the website? Was it Plenty of fish? Oppaloopa Jul 2023 #24
She must have been trained by the scammers in India SouthernDem4ever Jul 2023 #26
of all the shitty things that happen in the course of a day... bahboo Jul 2023 #29
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