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  • Florida woman targeted Holocaust survivor in $2.8M romance scam, feds say

    01/25/2023 6:47:48 PM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 19 replies
    ClickOrlando.com ^ | January 25, 2023 | Christie Zizo
    ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando woman was arrested Wednesday, accused of a romance scam that drained an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor of his life savings, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Prosecutors and the FBI say Peaches Stergo, 36, of Championsgate met the victim on a dating website six or seven years ago, and in 2017 asked to borrow money to pay a lawyer who was refusing to release funds from an injury settlement. According to the federal indictment, over the next few years, Stergo repeatedly demanded the victim deposit money into her bank accounts, saying if he didn’t they would...