 jerrystroud
I was scammed about 2 1/2 years ago, about 6 mnths prior to finding Peanut, the love of my life. I found a Yorkie on puppyfind that I just fell in love with, spoke to the so-called breeder on the phone who seemed very nice and knowledgable about her dogs, then promptly Western Unioned her $1,000. She gave me the flight conformation number, I brought my very excited daughter with me to the airport, but NO PUPPY! Apparently this woman had booked 10 flights and did not ship one. I tried to get in touch with her but she was no where to be found, so I posted a "Buyer Beware" add on puppyfind and got an unbelievable amount of responses from my fellow victims, alot of which purchased the same non-existant puppy. I reported it to the FBI and found out this woman was using a stolen identity of a dead woman named Cora Robinson. The thiefs real name is Florence Colegrove and after 2 1/2 years the case finally went to court. She stole a total of over $25,000 from more than 20 of us and was given a 2 year suspended sentence with probation. She was ordered to pay back all my money which was $1,060 (including price to Western Union etc) but has 2 years to pay me back. I was sent a letter by the district attorney in Nevada and was given her probation officers phone number and I am supposed to contact him in March. I was amazed this whole process took so long and that this woman got to keep our money for two and a half years but is allowed 2 yrs to pay it back and NO jail time. Grrrrrrr!!!! Jerrystroud, don't give up, justice hopefully will prevail, just hang in there. |