Fake Cherokee chief gets fed prison in Pa. fraud

Source: Palm Beach Post

Pittsburgh : PA : USA | 29 days ago

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A former Pennsylvania man who called himself a Cherokee Indian "chief" will spend nearly five years in federal prison for a multimillion-dollar investment fraud. Federal prosecutors say 80-year-old Robert Eugene Cheney, who now lives in Las Vegas, and another man defrauded investors in several...

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Fake Cherokee chief gets fed prison in Pa. fraud

News Source: Palm Beach Post | 29 days ago

A former Pennsylvania man who called himself a Cherokee Indian "chief" will spend nearly five years in federal prison for a multimillion-dollar investment fraud. Federal prosecutors say 80-year-old Robert Eugene Cheney, who now lives in Las Vegas,...