[HotHunt]

Getting burnt is slang for being taken, conned, etc. It doesn't refer to the severity to the con, just the fact that they were conned.

But believe what you want about how these people were conned out of their money.

You call it a life lesson. The judge called it criminal.

The person responsible, McFarland, went to prison for six years for perpetuating the fraud.

[HamiltonJay]

You seem to have some sort of chip on your shoulder.

I NEVER said the acts of the person who defrauded them was not criminal.

I never said they were not “conned”...

Nothing I said once offered any excuse or justification, excuse or defense of the person who defrauded them.

So not sure why you feel you need to point all that out.

Of course the guy engaged in criminal acts.. that doesn’t mean the victims didn’t learn a life lesson.