A Holocaust survivor was scammed out of his $2.8million life savings by a woman he met on a dating app, federal prosecutors have charged.
The con was allegedly carried out over the course of several years by 36-year-old Peaches ‘Alice’ Stergo, and eventually left the unnamed 87-year-old victim so destitute, he was forced to leave his Manhattan apartment.
Meanwhile, feds wrote in an indictment filed Wednesday, Stergo lived like a queen, snapping up a $300,000 home in a posh private community in Florida, as well as Rolex watches, a boat, two cars, and several other luxury items, thanks to 62 checks loaned out by the unsuspecting senior.
Stergo, who went by the alias ‘Alice’ when messaging her elderly mark, was arrested by federal agents on Friday, apprehended in her home state on charges of wire fraud.
Facing up to 20 years in a federal prison if convicted, she will now be transferred to New York to face those charges, officials with the Justice Department said Thursday.
The con was allegedly carried out over the course of several years by 36-year-old Peaches ‘ Stergo, and left the 87-year-old victim so impoverished, he had to leave his Manhattan home
Meanwhile, feds wrote in an indictment filed Wednesday, Stergo lived like a queen, snapping up this $300,000 home in a posh private community in Florida, as well as Rolex watches, a boat, two cars (not pictured), and several other luxury items
Michael J. Driscoll, assistant director of the FBI’s New York field…
