Our thanks to Jeff for this. An extract:

“Carballo met Findley in Branson, Missouri, where she moved in 2023 after having lived in Oklahoma, Las Vegas and California. By then, she had a long record of romance scams, forged checks and bank fraud totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. She did time in federal prison for taking out false loans and was sent back after she violated terms of her release with more swindles, then hit the road, following a trail of lovers whom she met on internet dating sites and cheated out of money, according to court records.” 

So the prosecution in the new case are seeking the maximum punishment for the new crime, right? Wrong. Another extract:

“Lisa Jeanine Findley pleaded guilty in federal court in Memphis, Tennessee, to a single count of mail fraud that carries a maximum of 20 years in prison. Prosecutors have recommended a sentence of up to four years and nine months behind bars.”

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