She didn’t just steal nearly $407,000. She moved in first.
A woman known by many names, who prosecutors say posed as a Harvard-educated businesswoman, may spend the rest of her life behind bars after a Montgomery County jury convicted her of an elaborate investment scheme that drained nearly $407,000 from a man she met through an online dating site.
District resident Janey Sears, 72, was found guilty after prosecutors said she spent years grooming a single federal employee in his 50s, convincing him she could make him “financially independent” before siphoning away his life savings…