California Man Gets Prison For $8M Heiress Con

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California man who conned investors out of some $8 million by claiming they’d earn money by helping care for a terminally ill heiress has been sentenced to federal prison.
The San Jose Mercury News (http://bayareane.ws/2hc0IfF ) says 76-year-old Laurence Miles got a nine-year sentence Wednesday in a San Jose courtroom.
Authorities say the British expatriate told victims he was trustee for the estate of a terminally ill heiress named Shirley. Miles claim