Woman who stole Holocaust survivor's roughly $2.8M life savings sentenced to over 4 years in prison

A Florida woman who took the life savings of an 87-year-old male Holocaust survivor has been sentenced to four-plus years in jail.

The woman, Peaches Stergo, 36, posed as the Holocaust survivor's love interest and then lived off of the $2.8 million she got from him.

She was sentenced Thursday in Manhattan federal court in connection to wire fraud charges to which she pleaded guilty in April.

U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos described Stergo's actions as "unspeakably cruel," according to the Associated Press. 

In May 2017, Stergo began requesting money from a former successful businessman, resulting in her getting $25,000. Prosecutors said that she wrote desperate letters to him and faked letters from bank employees to get more and more money. 

She also falsely claimed to be a nanny from Florida and went by the name "Alice." She also would travel to Manhattan to visit him in his apartment. They reportedly met on a dating website years ago. 

The victim ended up writing 62 checks, totaling over $2.8 million until he was broke.

He ended up losing his apartment and life savings. Stergo reportedly used the money she got from him to take extravagant trips and purchase expensive cars.