An old saying goes: “All that glitters is not gold”. Many people are fooled by false promises made by malicious people and end up experiencing sticky situations and great frustrations.
A British woman who stole £46,700 from her husband in his sleep has been tricked by a fake lover she met online.
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Patricia Passman, 59, better known as Tricia, sent Amazon vouchers and other funds to help a man who claimed to live in the US but was struggling financially. He promised the two would be together, but it was all a scam.
Tricia lived with Tim, 66, with whom she had three children, but the two were no longer in a relationship after 40 years of marriage.
She was still a secretary at Tim’s company, Passman Pipe Inspection Services.
Prosecutor Jenny Haigh said Tricia admitted to stealing her exhusband’s money from January 2019 to January 2021.
Public defender Thomas Bennett, who works for the woman, said Tricia was ashamed of her actions and was “not smart” as she was the victim of an online scam and lost her money.
Despite this, the Englishwoman was sentenced to 18 months in prison, but the sentence was suspended. Now she has to do 200 hours of unpaid work. Judge Jamie Hill called the defendant “naive”.