BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) An 84-year-old retired grade school teacher from Florida says she lost most of a $100,000 inheritance in a Jamaican lottery fraud and was threatened by scammers who never produced her prize of $1 million and a Mercedes.
Lois Bronson of Hallandale, Florida, testified Tuesday afternoon in the trial of 25-year-old Sanjay Williams, who's accused of selling lists of potential victims in a scheme that allegedly bilked dozens of mostly elderly victims out of their retirement savings. The federal trial is being held in North Dakota because the first victim identified in the case is from Harvey.
Bronson says she spent all but $10,000 of the money her 104-year mother left her when she died. Bronson says she became worried when one caller told her he knew ``exactly'' where she lived.