A woman in the Bronx was arrested yesterday and accused of scamming unsuspecting Facebook users out of donations by pretending to be the aunt of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, the Raw Story website reports today (December 28, 2012).
Nouel Alba, 37, had her personal account numbers attached to the scam, which asked Facebook users to contribute to the boy's "funeral fund."
Alba allegedly posted on Facebook claiming to be the aunt of Noah Pozner, whose parents have memorialized by setting up a website in his name. She told federal investigators that the money had been refunded, but a criminal complaint against her says that is not case.
A complaint filed yesterday says she also used her phone and text messages to pose as the boy's aunt. Alba could be jailed for up to five years for making false statements to investigators.
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