Jury Awards $8 Million In Punitive Damages In Romance Scam Trial

After four weeks of testimony, a San Mateo County jury awarded the victim of a romance scam over $9 million dollars, including $8 million in punitive damages over being schemed out of $600,000 in a romance scam instituted by a self-proclaimed “Founder” of numerous “start-ups” and a “serial entrepreneur”. He would target women in high paying tech jobs in the Silicon Valley.