If convicted of all charges, Bonnie Sweeten faces up to 375 years in federal prison.
The 39-year-old Lower Southampton mother of three is facing nearly two dozen charges of fraud, money laundering, forgery and related offenses detailed in a federal grand jury indictment released Thursday. If convicted of all charges, she faces up to 375 years in federal prison.
She'd already been under investigation for swindling $280,000 from her first husband's 92-year-old grandfather, authorities said. The morning of the hoax, a check she knew would bounce did, and while police frantically searched for the suburban mom and her daughter, the pair boarded a flight for Disney World, according to the grand jury.
Full article here: http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/loc...2010/may/21/federal-charges-for-hoax-mom.html
This chick is a real piece of work isn't she?
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'Hoax mom' Bonnie Sweeten admits stealing nearly $150K from employer. Again.
Bonnie Sweeten was charged last month with stealing from a former friend who hired her after she was released from federal prison in 2016.news.yahoo.com
As if that weren't bad enough, she turned out to be a recidivist. Recently, she was charged with the same kind of office crimes as before."The violation and others led to federal authorities revoking her release. She served an additional nine months in federal prison before she was released in 2019, and subsequently moved to Delanco, New Jersey.
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Bonnie Sweeten, mother who faked kidnapping 13 years ago, charged with stealing from employer
Bonnie Sweeten, the mother who faked her kidnapping in Bucks County, Pa. 13 years ago, is now being charged with stealing from her former employer.6abc.com
According to the Yahoo article, she has since pleaded guilty, and is allowed to remain free until her Feb. 21, 2023 sentencing."The 51-year-old was charged in the U.S Eastern District Court in Philadelphia on Monday [Oct. 17, 2022] with two counts of wire fraud for stealing from a Doylestown-based excavating company that had hired her as a bookkeeper, federal prosecutors said.
"Authorities say the president of the company hired Sweeten in Sept. 2017 because he had known her for many years."