Toronto conmen scammed $10M

Canadian telemarketers facing up to 10 years in prison By JIM SUHR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- Two Toronto men each face up to 10 years in prison for their roles in a telemarketing scam authorities say raked in nearly $10.5 million from some 37,000 American consumers. Steven Winter, 38, and Sean McVicar, 34, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Sentencing was set for Nov. 2. The pleas Thursday came just days after two other Toronto men were sentenced to lengthy prison terms and ordered to repay nearly $5.6 million for their roles in a separate telemarketing scheme that affected 40,000 people, many with poor credit. The U.S. government said that for several years dating to 1999, companies headed by Winter and employing McVicar duped consumers into... [read full story]