Man sentenced to prison in 'heartbreakingly evil' scam targeting elderly people in San Diego and beyond [Breaking]
A Los Angeles-area man who acted as a mule in a scam that swindled $2 million from elderly people across the country was sentenced Wednesday to nearly four years in prison, the San Diego U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
The eight defendants in this scheme — the type of scam that U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo called “heartbreakingly evil” in court Wednesday — were indicted in July 2021 in San Diego federal court. According to prosecutors and court filings, more than 70 people across the country were swindled out of more than $2 million. That includes at least 10 victims in San Diego County who lost a total of more than $300,000.In their sentencing brief, prosecutors said Owuor personally handled cash pick-ups from at least seven victims in California, and also recruited other mules.
The indictment alleges the local victims lived in areas throughout the region from Bonita to Oceanside. Among them was an 87-year-old woman who in May 2020 was tricked by a woman pretending to be her granddaughter, saying she needed $9,000 bail money after a serious car crash. The victim provided the money, and her granddaughter’s “attorney” warned the victim to stay mum because a judge had issued a “gag order.
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