One such scam was recently uncovered by Las Vegas authorities in February. The Romance Scam Prevention Act would guard citizens from suspects like 43-year-old Aurora Phelps.

The Romance Scam Prevention Act would guard citizens from suspects like 43-year-old Aurora Phelps. "Phelps would meet older men on dating websites or services, then meet them in-person.

The husband of Aurora Phelps — the 43-year-old Las Vegas woman accused of operating a dating app scam that allegedly resulted in at least three deaths — says he "was just the sucker at the end ...

The husband of Aurora Phelps — the woman charged last week in a 21-count superseding indictment over a deadly dating app scheme — says he "had no part" in her alleged crimes. As previously reported, ...

William Phelps learned this week that his wife was accused of drugging older men and draining their bank accounts, leaving three dead and one in a coma.

Authorities said Aurora Phelps is facing charges for one of the men's deaths. Authorities are looking for more possible targets of a Las Vegas woman, who allegedly used dating apps to lure several ...

Before Aurora Phelps was charged with federal crimes related to scamming older men, she faced fraud and theft charges for a 2019 incident in Benton County, Arkansas.

Vegas woman accused in multinational ‘romance scam’ also charged in Benton County case Phelps accused of drugging victim, stealing credit card Today at 2:55 p.m. by Tom Sissom ...

According to federal prosecutors, Aurora was the perpetrator of a deadly romance scam, connecting with older men on the internet, then drugging them and stealing from their bank accounts.

Aurora Phelps, who is in custody in Mexico, faces 21 counts, including wire fraud, bank fraud, identity theft, kidnapping and one count of kidnapping resulting in death.