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Charges: Couple tricked autistic man into sending $20K for fake brain surgery, coma treatment

Summary by East Idaho News
PROVO (KSL.com) — Two Massachusetts residents are facing criminal charges accusing them of taking advantage of an autistic man they grew up with and convincing him to send them nearly $20,000 for alleged life-threatening scenarios while he went to school in Utah. Francisco Javier Escribano, 24, and Michaela Dorothy Francis, 22, both of Norton, Massachusetts, were each charged Thursday in 4th District Court with theft by deception, communications…

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East Idaho News broke the news in Idaho, United States on Friday, December 12, 2025.
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