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# LOS ANGELES – Man sentenced for scamming Southern California grandparents
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/the-u-s-attorneys-office-says-pascal-gaudreault-pleaded-guilty-in-march/
- Published: 2019-05-14T11:50:23.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-17T18:42:32.000Z
- Author: news
- Tags: city council, Community, Crime, Government & Politics, News, los angeles police department, Pascal Gaudreault, scamming, southern california, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 12:50

Prosecutors say a man has been sentenced in Los Angeles to a year in federal prison for his role in a scheme to dupe people into believing their grandchildren or other relatives were in trouble in foreign countries and needed money right away.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 48-year-old Pascal Gaudreault pleaded guilty in March to one count of wire fraud.

Investigators say Gaudreault and his co-defendants contacted victims throughout Southern California and falsely told them their relatives needed money immediately to fix a car or bail out of jail or pay hospital bills.

The victims made wire transfers ranging from $1,000 to nearly $3,000\. Some victims sent money multiple times.

Another defendant was sentenced in 2014 to five years in federal prison for orchestrating the scam.

*Associated Press*