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Illinois woman pleads guilty to swindling an 86-year-old man

An Illinois woman was sentenced to eight years in prison for taking cash, a vehicle, and other items – worth more than $1.2 million – from a man in ...
Candy Ely photo from Illinois State Police

An Illinois woman was sentenced to eight years in prison for taking cash, a vehicle, and other items – worth more than $1.2 million – from a man in his 80s.

“Candy Ely, a self-admitted Gypsy offender, met her victim at a restaurant five years ago and befriended the elderly man,” said a statement from Illinois State Police. Ely was actually married, but she led the man to believe she was in love with him.

“Ely led her elderly victim into believing she needed money for various medical procedures including cancer treatments, cancer surgery and even a spinal transplant,” the statement said.  She took cash, a vehicle, and other items that totaled more than $1.2 million in value.

Ely, 35, was arrested during a traffic stop in early June 2015.  She was indicted, and pleaded guilty Friday, December 18, 2015, to felony theft of more than $500,000, the statement said.

After entering her guilty plea, Ely was sentenced to eight years in prison.

 

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