A female whom lived at Crown Casino conned very nearly $800,000 from guys she came across on Tinder and invested it on gambling.

Jocelyn Zakhour dropped into hefty gambling so that they can pay off her parents, after her ex-husband allegedly kidnapped her in the centre East and ransomed her for $400,000, a court heard.

Quickly she ended up being spending time with “high rollers” and conning guys whom thought she ended up being their gf out of cash that she stated would be to fund a blueberry farm.

She told authorities it absolutely was her victims’ fault and she didn’t have a pity party for them since they were “so stupid”.

The 41-year-old had been jailed for four years and 6 months with couple of years and eight months non-parole on her behalf “false promises”, County Court of Victoria judge Gregory Lyons stated on Tuesday.

Zakhour had been 39 when she began chatting with a chief that is 54-year-old on Tinder in June 2018, quickly developing a relationship because of the guy. (more…)