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...Vaghar, who was accompanied in court by both of her parents, is accused of running a complex real estate scam using made-up e-mail addresses and closed bank accounts in which she allegedly defrauded at least fifteen victims out of tens of thousands of dollars...
Twenty-three-year-old Linda Vaghar, who had pleaded not guilty to five counts of larceny on Feb. 18, was expected to change her pleas to guilty as part of an agreement reached with the Assistant District Attorney in which Vaghar could have avoided jail time...
According to Sherman, the initial plea agreement would have given Vaghar a 30-day jail sentence suspended for two years—meaning that she would be on probation for two years, and only serve jail time if she violated her probation—on the condition that she be evaluated for alcohol, drug, and mental health issues, pay full restitution to all of the alleged victims, and plead guilty to every offense...
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, said that plots like the one Vaghar is accused of are not very common on his site but that he often gets personally involved when similar situations arise...
...many of the people involved in her case also said they were confused about how Vaghar expected to get away with her plot. She used real information about her address and phone number—even in some cases providing her social security number—and had friends in common with some of her victims...