A Turtlepoint couple have pled guilty to attempting to scam a Schuylkill County woman.
61-year-old Joseph Loveless and his wife, 67-year-old Catherine Loveless, were sentenced to 12 months’ probation each after telling a Coaldale woman that she had won the Publishers’ Clearing House sweepstakes, and would need to write three checks, two for $885 each and one for $85,000 made out to “Catherine Loveless,” in order to collect the alleged $10.8 million jackpot.
A teller at a bank in Jim Thorpe became suspicious when the couple tried to cash the $85,000 check, contacted the victim’s daughter, and as a result the bank refused to honor the check.
Prosecutors believe that the couple may have been caught up in the same scam.