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‘I hate to ask’: How a fraudster manipulated a Colwood single mother out of tens of thousands of dollars

Posted on October 14, 2021October 12, 2022by Zoë Ducklow

Christine Hale says she lost as much as $100,000 to a man who told her he loved her while inventing lawyer fees and death threats Steven Vanbuskirk was Christine Hale’s first love. At 16, he was the first person who told her she was pretty and made her feel like she mattered. She was badly […]

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