Swindling

A scammer who swindled more than $175 million from 1.3 million elderly and “vulnerable” Americans in a two-decade-long mailing scam has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Patrice Runner, …

Fraudster Patrice Runner, 57, is jailed for 10 years after swindling vulnerable victims out of more than $175 million by claiming he was a psychic and promising them wealth and happiness if they sent him cash in the mail during a two-decade scam. .

‘Queen of the con’ American who faked being an Irish heiress to $38million fortune to scam friend out of $100,000 is now arrested in Maine accused of swindling hundreds of thousands out of Brits while working at UK mortgage company