An 89-year-old Japanese woman is headed to prison for swindling acquaintances out of some 39 million yen ($368,000).
Nakamura told her victims she had made money in the black market after World War II and deposited it in a bank.
She said it had grown to 45 billion yen ($424 million) but she could not withdraw it because the account was under a different name.
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