A Long Beach woman accused of scamming renters out of nearly $48,000 in security deposits was released from custody today and sentenced to two years of probation.
Anne Bergstedt-Jordanova, 40, originally faced 15 charges each of grand theft and obtaining money by false pretenses based on the accounts of 14 victims, but she accepted a plea deal last month that dismissed all but two of the charges, according to court records. If convicted at trial, each charge would have carried a minimum prison sentence of 16 months or a maximum of 3 years.
Under the agreement, she’ll serve no further jail time unless she violates her probation. She had spent 63 days in custody since her arrest in November…