Justice Has Been Served

[DJDamage]

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...969483202845&DPL=IvsNDS/7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes

Woman who duped men faces new charges

Woman accused of duping men out of cash, lavish gifts
Convicted in 1998 of similar crimes to tune of $350,000

It was sheer coincidence, police say, that a woman with a host of identities was arrested on Halloween night.

Seven years after pleading guilty to defrauding unsuspecting men out of more than $350,000, Tracy Lynn Sargent — a.k.a. Alexandra Vandercroft, a.k.a. Trinia Sargent, a.k.a. Leanne Diamond — is again in legal trouble over fraud accusations.

"She's back," said Det. Const. George Pearson of 52 Division's fraud unit.

Police allege Sargent, 38, has duped two men out of $50,000, telling elaborate lies about her life and financial need.

According to their investigation, police said, the woman met her victims both on the street and over the Internet, wooing them into forking over cash and gifts, police said. She has been charged with two counts of fraud over $5,000. Her stories, Pearson said, included made-up details such as "she was from Switzerland and that she's a university student at U of T in the faculty of cardiology.

"She would tell them she needed money for tuition fees, rent, medical expenses and even trips to France in relation to her medical career," Pearson added.

One of the victims came to police just a week ago after realizing who Sargent really was.

He searched the Internet and found several articles published by the Toronto Star in relation to the woman's previous charges.

"We had information she was about to leave the area and that's why we stepped up our investigation and arrested her when we did," said Pearson.

Sargent was using the money to purchase extravagant gifts and pay for trips overseas, police allege.

Pearson said there may be other victims who are reluctant to come forward out of embarrassment.

During court proceedings in 1998, which led to her incarceration, evidence showed she told some victims that she was the illegitimate daughter of then Lieutenant-Governor Hilary Weston and movie mogul Edgar Bronfman. Others believed she was anything from a Calvin Klein model to a would-be horse trainer for Diana, Princess of Wales.

Documents entered in the 1998 court case showed Sargent had 57 fraud convictions dating to 1986, a pattern thought to have begun in her hometown of St. Thomas, Ont.

At her sentencing hearing in 1998, Sargent apologized for her actions.

"I displayed bad behaviour and caused uncalled-for pain to other people," she told the court at the time. Judge Stanley Long, who presided over the case, was unsympathetic to her courtroom apology and sentenced her to two years in a federal penitentiary.

He also ordered her to pay back $160,000 to one of her victims. Long called her scams "one of the most horrendous fraudulent schemes that I've heard of in all my years on the bench."

I cannot believe how she was able to dupe so many people.

If a woman you date asks you for money or suggest to you that she needs money from you, don't give her money or offer her money! kick her to the curb.

It seems to be a common theme these days that many women who date use guys like sugar daddy's to finance their life. This is like a high class form of prostitution.

The accused in this story got caught because she used fake names and fake identities and was able to recieve alot of gifts and money from desperate men. Most other users to not use fake names however they are still able to defraud a good sum of money from their sugar daddy's over the coarse of months and years.

Why do alot of men think just because a woman date/sleep with them then its ok for him to become her personal ATM machine??

Something to think about.

DjDamage

 

[DJDamage]

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[diplomatic_lies]

Women have been doing this since the year 0. Who else lured Marc Antony away from his obligations to Rome and the Empire?

Unfortunately a hot woman simply increases the chance of successful scams. After all, we don't find Nigerian princes as attractive.

 

[LowPlainsDrifter]

I've noticed a lot of attractive young women pulling the "I'm out of town and I need gas money, please help me" scam.

As well as the "I have a gift certificate to X store (conveniently this is near closing time) - please buy it from me - I need the cash."

 

[PRMoon]

There are con men and hustlers everywhere in the world...better get use to it now.