Student pleads guilty in pandemic puppy cyber scam — one victim paid $9,100 for a mini-dachsund named Pansy that was never delivered
A Cameroonian student extradited from Romania has pleaded guilty to taking part in an online puppy scam that bilked multiple U.S. pet buyers out of thousands of dollars they paid for mini-dachshunds they never received.
Investigators say Bobga helped run the scam while studying political science at a university in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, posting images online of adorable puppies for sale on a now-defunct site, lovelyhappypuppy.com. — FBI Special Agent Mike Nordwall He and his co-conspirators would then communicate with victims via text message and instruct them to make payments using Walmart gift cards, prosecutors said. Hundreds of victims all around the U.S. were defrauded in the scam, prosecutors said.
In one case, a woman in western Pennsylvania ended up paying $9,100 for a mini-dachshund named Pansy after being informed that the dog had been quarantined while in transit because it had been exposed to coronavirus. The dog never arrived, according to court documents..
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