‘Grandson’ scam perpetrator gets federal prison term
Authorities said he bilked elderly victims out of nearly $650,000
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The scam can be lucrative: One defendant posing as the distressed grandson of elderly citizens duped them out of nearly $650,000, authorities said. But it ultimately proved costly.
On Friday, federal officials announced that Anthony Oluwole Ojo, 44, of Ontario, Canada, received a sentence...