Corinne Dziesiuta, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in August, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Dziesiuta, who is originally from New Jersey, was
working for a call center in Costa Rica when she made several phone
calls and sent letters to the victim, a Palatine resident, prosecutors
said. The victim was told that he won millions of dollars in a
sweepstake, but had to pay various fees and taxes in order to collect.
Dziesiuta and her accomplices tricked and bullied
the man into transferring large amounts of money to accounts they
controlled, prosecutors said. He made 37 payments ranging from $23,751
to $210,000.
She perpetuated the scheme for more than six years, causing the victim to lose more than $4.1 million, prosecutors said.
In 2016, the victim began cooperating with law
enforcement, who directed him to inform Dziesiuta, who was using the
name “Lisa Conti,” that he would only provide additional funds in
person, prosecutors said.
Dziesiuta agreed to travel to New York to meet him, and was arrested when she arrived at LaGuardia Airport in New York City.
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Woman gets 5 years for bilking elderly Palatine man out of $4 million
1 comment:
Good. Maybe she'll have time to think about what she did.
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