Woman sentenced for conning elderly man of $95,000

By Washington Examiner
Published August 28, 2014 8:02am ET
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CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago-area woman is going to prison for conning an elderly man out of $95,000 by pretending to have cancer.

Cook County prosecutors say 28-year-old Pebbles Miller of Justice tricked the 80-year-old man into giving her the money over five months. He believed he was helping to pay for her cancer treatment.

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