A Texas woman allegedly let it ride with money she scammed out of a boyfriend.
Hancock County Prosecutor Brent Eaton alleges that Lorraine Rew, 46, found a way to get $1.2 million out of her online boyfriend from Indiana and went to casinos in Oklahoma more than 300 times over two years.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“Sadly, this is a case in which the victim’s heart was in the right place and the alleged perpetrator took advantage of that,” the station quoted Eaton as saying. Court documents revealed that Rew met the New Palestine man on social media and the pair began a relationship, during which the man sent her $1.2 million between October 2020 and February of this year, according to Fox59.tap here to see other videos from our teamRew reportedly told the victim she needed the funds to pay for her daughter’s surgical procedures and prescriptions, along with heart medications for herself.
investigators discovered that Rew was allegedly using the money to finance her lifestyle, which included 167 visits to one Oklahoma casino and 157 to another during the two year span.Share this article in your social network
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