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A 69-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease was allegedly the victim of a con involving her daughter and her daughter's friend. Investigators say the fraud started in April when a New Port Richey woman they allege is a con artist showed the ailing victim a Bank of America photo of an account with ten million dollars in it. The suspect claimed she had another account with two million dollars in it.

She allegedly told the victim that the accounts were hers, but the funds were frozen because of "bank penalties and child support fees." The suspect told the victim that she needed financial help to get her car, home, and money. The victim allegedly agreed to give her over $50,000 over a period of months.

The victim said she trusted the suspect because she was a friend of her own daughter's. Her daughter allegedly left the room every time money was discussed to give the appearance that she didn't know anything about what was going on. However, she allegedly told her mom that the suspect was rich. She also allegedly used some of the money to pay for rent.

The main suspect, who is unemployed, spent the money on flat screen TVs, remodeling her rented apartment, and a new pickup truck.

The victim became suspicious and called police who then arrested the two suspects last week. The alleged con woman is being held in the Volusia County Branch Jail on $20,000 bail. She has been charged with organized scheme to defraud and grand theft. The victim's daughter surrendered herself in DeLand and faces the same charges, plus a charge of exploiting the elderly. She was held on $30,000 bail.

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