Woman scams ex-boyfriend out of £34,000 with fake illness, sentenced to suspended jail term.

A 43-year-old woman in Chester, England, conned her ex-boyfriend out of £34,000 by falsely claiming she was ill and needed money for medical treatment. The scam lasted two years and involved fake emails and accomplices posing as doctors. The victim, who nearly lost his house, discovered the fraud in 2023. The woman, Marta Szymanska, spent the money on alcohol and was sentenced to a 20-month suspended jail term.