Florida woman charged after scamming her grandmother out of more than $300,000
(Cover photo, Image credit: Twitter) Tanya M. Aboseada, 38, of Pompano Beach, Florida, is charged with 12 counts of wire fraud. Her unfortunate victim was her elderly grandma who lives in Cahokia Heights, Illinois. Aboseada was arraigned in federal court on Wednesday and charged with scamming her grandmother out of more than $300,000.
“Financial crimes against the elderly for personal gain are intolerable, and offenders will be brought to justice,” said U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe.
The indictment alleges that Aboseada convinced her grandmother to wire money into her bank account under false pretenses on at least 12 occasions between November 2021 and August 2022. Aboseada lied about needing money in order to transfer a truck title into her name, pay money she owed to the IRS, pay attorney fees and fines for a vehicular accident she was in, and to pay the family of a child she killed in a vehicular accident to avoid going to jail.
In total, the fraudulent transactions exceeded $300,000.
Wire fraud is punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment. The case against Aboseada was brought as part of the Department of Justice’s Elder Fraud Initiative. More information about the Elder Fraud Initiative is available at www.justice.gov/elderjustice.
(Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Illinois)
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