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'Romance scam on steroids': Woman accused of drugging, robbing men
Hindustan Times Pune
|February 23, 2025
A woman used online dating apps to lure at least four older men to meet her in person, then drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a "sinister" romance scheme, FBI officials in Las Vegas said on Friday.
LAS VEGAS: Three of the men died, authorities said, and she has been charged in one of their deaths. Aurora Phelps, 43, who is in custody in Mexico, faces 21 counts including wire fraud, identity theft and one count of kidnapping resulting in death, Sue Fahami, the acting United States attorney for the District of Nevada, said at a news conference.
This story is from the February 23, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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