What did Desiree Boltos do and where is she now Charges explored ahead of new episode of ABC s The Con × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout SK POP Feature What did Desiree Boltos do and where is she now Charges explored ahead of new episode of ABC s The Con By Sneha Haldar Modified 11 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Desiree Boltos was alleged to have been involved in a sweetheart swindler scam (Image via FOX 32 Chicago) Desiree Boltos, the Texan woman who became infamous as the sweetheart swindler, landed herself in prison with a mammoth sentence for her crimes. The then 38-year-old was allegedly defrauding older men and women by pretending to be in love with them so she could extract money from them. Here is everything to know about Boltos ahead of the ABC The Con episode, which is set to explore the story of Desiree Boltos and her fraudulent activities. Why was Desiree Boltos sentenced Charges and sentence explored Vanessa Brown@VanessaBrownTVDesiree Boltos, dubbed the #SweetheartSwindler just given 85 years. The judge agreed with the jury’s sentences, but they’ll run concurrently. @NBCDFW23Desiree Boltos, dubbed the #SweetheartSwindler just given 85 years. The judge agreed with the jury’s sentences, but they’ll run concurrently. @NBCDFW https://t.co/cN9jHrzUa6 Texas native Desiree Boltos was arrested in 2018 for allegedly swindling elderly people out of their money by pretending to fall in love with them. She even married one of the men she pretended to be in a relationship with, while she was already married to her husband Paul Hill, who was also in on the scam with her. According to court records, Boltos conned six elderly people, five men and one woman, out of US$1.6 million through a variety of ruses. Initially, the swindler was sentenced to 85 years in prison, but concurrent charges were pressed and more sentences followed. Boltos was found guilty of five counts of theft and one count of exploiting an elderly person. She was sentenced to 85 years in prison on the first theft count, 75 years on the second theft count, 20 years on the third theft count, 68 years on the fourth theft count, 15 years on the fifth theft count and 10 years on the exploiting an elderly person count. The judgment was passed by the Tarrant County court. The New York Times@nytimesProsecutors said that Desiree Boltos and her husband, Paul Hill, stole more than $3 million from older people who believed they were in romantic relationships with her. "They trample over everything that is sacred in your life," one of their victims said. nyti.ms/3c6IAgE31374Prosecutors said that Desiree Boltos and her husband, Paul Hill, stole more than $3 million from older people who believed they were in romantic relationships with her. "They trample over everything that is sacred in your life," one of their victims said. nyti.ms/3c6IAgE Along with her sentence, the jury also imposed upon her a total of $60,000 fine. She was liable to pay up the sum to compensate the people she had defrauded with the help of her husband Paul Hill. Desiree Boltos would only be eligible for parole after she spent 21 years serving her prison sentence. She currently remains incarcerated. All about the upcoming The Con episode ABC's The Con is a true-crime docu-series narrated by the Oscar-winning Whoopi Goldberg. The series explores stories of fraud and false promises involving financial and romantic entanglements. Exploring crimes like bank fraud and identity theft, The Con brings to viewers new episodes every week. This week's episode will tell the story of Desiree Boltos, the Texan woman who carried out a sweetheart swindler scam. The official synopsis of the episode reads: "When 75-year-old retired naval officer Dick Olmstead hit it off with a beautiful woman more than half his age in a parking lot, he thought he was getting a second lease on life. Desiree Boltos, early 30s, confided that she was struggling financially because she had recently become widowed, and Olmstead was very happy to help." It further states: "The lifelong bachelor had about $380,000 in his bank account after cashing out his longtime stock investments. When he unknowingly dropped $60,000 into Boltos’ casino cage account at the Bellagio, fraud investigators from his bank in Texas, and later the District Attorney’s office, stepped in to tell him the truth." Catch the story of the sweetheart swindler on ABC on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at 10 pm ET. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Babylona Bora × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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