Jail Warning for Man Who Conned Elderly Cancer Patient Out of More than £400,000

Jail warning for man who conned elderly cancer patient out of more than £400,000

A FORMER Carlisle man who conned an elderly cancer victim out of more than £400,000 has been told he faces a “lengthy” jail term.

New Lenox police say resident conned out of more than $100,000

New Lenox police say a resident lost more than $100,000 over three months in an online cryptocurrency investment scheme that began in March and ended in early July when he became suspicious. The unidentified resident, who is in his 50s, told officers he encountered a woman online who persuaded him to invest in Bitcoin, a type of digital currency that operates separately from a central bank. Cryptocurrency scams target victims through texting, so…