Woman, 89, Heads To Prison For Swindling

[matcom]

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TOKYO (Reuters) - An 89-year-old Japanese woman is headed to prison for swindling acquaintances out of some 39 million yen ($368,000).

Repeat offender Matsue Nakamura was jailed for three years and four months by a court in northern Japan, the daily Asahi Shimbun said. Judge Keisuke Masuda acknowledged Nakamura's advanced age but said she was a professional swindler and her four past convictions for similar scams forced him to jail her, it said.

He told her: "I hope that after serving your prison term you will lead an honest life and never repeat this sort of crime."

Nakamura told her victims she had made money in the black market after World War II and deposited it in a bank.

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[GOPisEvil]

1. That's it! Two stories in two days about swindling old people!

I'm never trusting anyone over 70 again! x(