Sentencing Set in $120K Yamini Potter Fraud Scheme

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Sentencing Set in $120K Yamini Potter Fraud Scheme

A man who admitted swindling a family out of $120,000 by impersonating government officials over the phone is expected to hear his fate in District Court by March.

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