Peaches Stergo, 36, from the community of Citrus Ridge, in Florida, USA, poses in undated photo. She was arrested for having bilked an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor out of USD 2.8 million (GBP 2.3 million) in a 'romance scam', on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Note: Licensed content. (U.S. Attorney's Office/Newsflash)
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26 January 2023
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A woman accused of swindling a frail Holocaust survivor out of his USD 2.8 million life savings in a fake romance scam has been seized by the FBI. Suspect Peaches Stergo is said to have duped the 87-year-old in a "years-long scheme" to woo and cheat him. The pair first met on a dating...