Moncton man gets prison time in U.S. for participating in 'grandparent scam'

Paul Conneh, 39, of Moncton, N.B., was sentenced in Vermont to 33 months in a U.S. prison and ordered to pay $256,000 in restitution. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies for his role in a 2023 "grandparent scam" that defrauded about 20 elderly Americans.