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Florida Woman Admits to Stealing Millions From Elderly Holocaust Survivor in Romance Scam

  • Peaches Stergo plead guilty to scamming $2.8 million from an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor she met on a dating website.
  • Stergo impersonated a bank employee and wrote 62 checks from the victim over four and a half years.
  • Stergo lived an extravagant lifestyle with the money including buying a house, Corvette, lavish vacations, and designer goods.
  • Stergo faces up to 20 years in prison and has agreed to pay $2.8 million in restitution.
  • Romance scams have stolen an estimated $1 billion from Americans this year.
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