The accused, identified as Aurora Phelps, is facing charges on 21 counts of wire fraud, identity theft among others, along with one count of kidnapping resulting in death, said Sue Fahami, the ...

Aurora Phelps was indicted in Nevada over a series of romance scams that allegedly led to at least two deaths and one disappearance in Mexico.

A Nevada woman used online dating sites to lure mostly older men into a “romance scam on steroids” that netted her hundreds of thousands of dollars and is linked to at least one death, federal ...

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.

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.

Photographs of Aurora Phelps are displayed as the Las Vegas FBI and the Nevada U.S. attorney’s offices held a news conference Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, to discuss criminal charges related to what ...

A Las Vegas woman, Aurora Phelps, has been charged in a 21-count superseding indictment for using dating apps to lure, drug and kill older men to access their money. She is accused of stealing ...

Aurora Phelps, 43, who is in custody in Mexico, faces 21 counts including wire fraud, identity theft and one count of kidnapping resulting in death, Sue Fahami, the acting United States attorney ...

“This is a romance scam on steroids,” said Spencer Evans, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas division. “We believe Aurora Phelps deliberately and methodically targeted ...

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.

Spencer Evans, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas unit, described this as "a romance scam on steroids". Who is Aurora Phelps?