Feds arrest woman accused of pretending to be relative of child killed in Newtown school shooting
Posted: 12/27/2012
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A New York City woman has been arrested by federal authorities who say she tried to scam donors by posing as a relative of one of the children killed at a Connecticut elementary school.
Thirty-seven-year-old Nouel Alba was arrested Thursday and charged with lying to FBI agents.
Federal prosecutors say she used her Facebook account, telephone calls and text messages to seek donations for what she called a "funeral fund."
Authorities say Alba denied seeking the donations when she was contacted by FBI agents investigating charity scams related to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. A gunman killed 20 children and six adults there on Dec. 14.
Alba, of the Bronx, appeared Thursday in federal court in Hartford and was released on $50,000 bond. A number listed for her was not in service.
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