Three illegal aliens from Columbia are accused of operating a scam to rob a 60-year-old woman of more than $20,000 in DuPage County in the sanctuary state of Illinois.
Illegal aliens Miguel Pena-Gomez, 43 years old, Liliana Nagles-Cuesta, 49 years old, and Angela Posada-Acosta, 45 years old — all from Columbia — were charged each with one count of felony theft by deception of $5,000 or more from a person over 60 years old.
According to DuPage County prosecutors, Pena-Gomez approached the victim and asked her to help him claim a lottery ticket worth $6 million. The winning lottery ticket, prosecutors said, did not exist.
While Pena-Gomez was speaking to the victim, Nagles-Cuesta approached them and told her she spoke Spanish and could help translate, according to prosecutors. From there, Nagles-Cuesta allegedly pretended to call lottery officials and ask how much money was needed to claim the fake $6 million prize.
The victim was told they would need $30,000 to collect the fake lottery prize. The victim informed authorities that she told the pair she did not have $30,000 to give them, but Nagles-Cuesta offered to help get money from her account.
The pair got into…
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