Serial cheat who targeted elderly folk jailed
Published on Sep 22, 2014 8:10 AM
By K.C. Vijayan Senior Law Correspondent
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A judge made clear that "simple-minded elderly folk" need to be protected when she jailed a serial cheat who had conned seven people.
District Judge Jasvender Kaur said the sums, $2,298 in all, were relatively small but the money meant a lot to the vulnerable, low-income victims.
"He scouted for low-income, poorly educated elderly victims of his own ethnic group as they were most likely to fall prey to his deception," she noted in judgment grounds released last Monday.
Jumahri Suriman, 56, had pleaded guilty to three charges of cheating and theft, with five other counts taken into consideration for sentencing.
