Woman who falsely reported being kidnapped by two black men sentenced to jail
WHAT A HEEL: Bonnie Sweeten, 40, who called 9-1-1 to report that she and her 9-year-old daughter had been “kidnapped by two black men in a truck” when the two of them were actually on vacation at Disney World in FL, has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for swindling her employer and family members out of more than $600,000, Reuters reports:
At the sentencing in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, was ordered to pay more than a $1-million in restitution, in addition to spending eight years and four months in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Philadelphia said in a statement. …
After Sweeten was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William Yohn Jr., the prosecutor released the statement saying she stole more than $600,000 through various schemes that involved identity theft and forged signatures on documents.
Prosecutors say that the 2009 kidnapping ruse was part of the larger fraud.
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