Investment Adviser Gets 20-Year Sentence In Fraud Case

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A Maryland investment adviser was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for defrauding investors out of millions of dollars, some of which she spent on astrological gems, cosmetic medical procedures and religious rituals in India.
Some of Dawn Bennett’s victims tearfully and angrily described their financial ordeals before U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced the 58-year-old woman, who already has spent nearly two years in jail.
“Dawn, you ruined