A New York woman swiped $13,000 from a 92-year-old woman by convincing her she won the lottery, police said Friday, March 13.
Alicia Stanley, a 35-year-old Albany resident, told the victim in Glasgow, KY, she would need to pay taxes via cashier’s check to collect her winnings, the Albany Police Department said. The woman sent two cashier’s checks totalling $10,232, along with $2,800 in cash to an address in Albany, according to investigators.
Stanley called the victim between Tuesday, March 3 and Thursday, March 5, according to police. Glasgow cops alerted Albany authorities on March 5, and Stanley was arrested Wednesday, March 11 as officers executed a search warrant at her New York residence…