The FBI announced criminal charges against a woman who is accused of “deliberately and methodically” targeting older men to rob them of everything.
In court documents, 43-year-old Aurora Phelps is charged with scamming four older men using dating sites like Tinder and OkCupid.
She used online dating apps to lure older men to meet her in person, then drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme, the FBI said.
In one instance Phelps is alleged to have kidnapped a victim by heavily sedating him and taking him across the U.S.-Mexico ...
In one instance Phelps is alleged to have kidnapped a victim by heavily sedating him and taking him across the U.S.-Mexico ...
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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 ...