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Man Sentenced in Bizarre Diagnosing Scam

Wednesday, December 5, 2007
MONROE, La. - A man was sentenced to more than four years in prison for bilking friends and family out of more than $800,000 by convincing them that his wife was a government agent who could arrange to have their medical problems diagnosed by satellite imaging.

Brent Eric Finley, 38, of Rayville, was sentenced in federal court in Monroe to serve 51 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. His wife, Stacey Finley, was sentenced in August to spend 63 months in prison and both are ordered to jointly pay restitution in the amount of $873,786.94.

The Finleys pleaded guilty in August to wire fraud, according to court records.

U.S. Attorney Donald W. Washington said in a news release following Monday's sentencing of Brent Finley that the couple convinced numerous people that Stacey Finley was a CIA agent and with her contacts she could schedule a medical scan of the victims' bodies by satellite imaging that would detect any hidden medical problems.

The Finley's convinced their victims that, if any medical problems were found, secret agents would administer medicine to them as they slept in exchange for payment, according to a bill of information filed when the Finleys were charged in May.

"These audacious criminals should remind all of us that scam artists will go to great lengths to take our life's savings," Washington said.

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I don't know which thought is scarier -- that the couple came up with this stupid idea and thought that they could convince people that it was true, or that so many people thought that it was true.

you can fool some of the people some of the time.

or most of the people most of the time

... You have got to be kidding me ...

Usually I have sympathy for crime victims, but if you are that stupid, you deserve to lose your money. This is less believable than volcano insurance.

LMAO

cant wait to tell this story at work tomorrow.

Last year my company had several volcano insurance policies lapse because of claims (when they pay the limits, the coverage is over). Granted, all the policies were written in Hawaii, but they paid out.

And volcano insurance is just a subset of earthquake insurance, which is a very serious thing indeed. It accounts for roughly 25% of all excess and surplus insurance written in California all on it's own.

So find another analogy :)