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Published: 2008-01-30 15:30:00
Updated: 2008-01-30 21:38:48

Antiques Store Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme


Patricia Jacoby
Patricia Jacoby
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The owner of an antiques store in Raleigh's Five Points district plans to plead guilty in an alleged scheme that generated at least $3 million, investigators said.

Between February 2006 and June 2007, Patricia Jacoby, the owner of POSH! Fine Arts and Antiques, lied to investors, authorities said. Court documents allege she told investors she purchased estate lots of antiques and promised a 22 percent return on the investment within 30 days

Jacoby has been found guilty in similar schemes twice before. In 2006, she pleaded guilty in Wake County, and investigators say she used money from the latest scheme to pay restitution in that case.

She is scheduled to enter a guilty plea in federal court in March.


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Sounds like she was truly robbing Peter to pay Paul.

I guess the people she flim-flammed never heard the adage "If it sounds too good to be true then it probably isn't true." 22 percent in thirty days sounds too good to be true. Obviously she believes in the P T Barnum adage "There's a sucker born every minute". Old PT was right.

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