Fraud case may have taken money from 250 senior citizens

SALINAS, CALIFORNIA - Authorities say at least 250 senior citizens in northern California&#39;s Monterey County may be owed money from a fraud case involving a phony million dollar contest. <br> <br> The case involves fake sweepstakes that seniors may have been conned into entering with the lure of a big cash prize. <br> <br> Monterey County Assistant District Attorney Denine Guy said Monday that letters notified people they could claim the money -- but only after sending a processing fee ranging from $15-$35. <br> <br> He says the prize money never appeared -- and a Georgia couple who ran the contest pocketed the money. <br> <br> Komichael and Naterica Johnson of Atlanta pleaded guilty in Salinas last month to charges of grand theft of personal property. <br> <br> Komichael Johnson&#39;s charge was a felony. He was sentenced to one year in Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. His wife will serve 180 days in jail on a misdemeanor.

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