A Florida woman who stole the life savings of an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor in what a prosecutor called a “sick” romance scam pleaded guilty Friday and could face prison time, officials said. Peaches Stergo, 36, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, which carries a maximum of 20 years in prison under the law. The Champions Gate woman stole over $2.8 million from the man in a scam that lasted years, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said. Stergo met him on a dating website, and in 2017 she asked for money, claiming she’d gotten a settlement...
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