A Holocaust survivor was swindled out of his life savings by a woman he met on a dating website, prosecutors allege in the latest romance scam targeting the elderly.Peaches Stergo, a 36-year-old Florida woman also known as Alice, was arrested Wednesday on one count of wire fraud for allegedly duping an 87-year-old man out of A$4 million that she used to buy Rolex watches, a boat and other luxury items, the US Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York announced today."The defendant callously preyed on a senior citizen simply seeking companionship, defrauding him of his life savings," said Michael J. Driscoll, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York field office when announcing the charges.
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