Paul Conneh, 39, of Moncton, N.B., was sentenced in Vermont to 33 months in a U.S. prison and ordered to pay $256,000 in restitution. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies for his role in a 2023 “grandparent scam” that defrauded about 20 elderly Americans.
Paul Conneh was extradited from Costa Rica and ordered to pay $256,000 to victims defrauded in 2023
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· Posted: Oct 11, 2026 10:12 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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A New Brunswick man has been sentenced to 33 months in a United States prison for participating in a “grandparent scam.”
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Vermont says Paul Conneh, 39, of Moncton, N.B., pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to commit wire fraud and conspiring to launder monetary instruments.
In grandparent scams, fraudsters typically pose as relatives in distress to trick seniors into sending money.
Prosecutors said Conneh recruited bail bondsmen to travel to the United States, launder money taken from American seniors,
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