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An Edmonton-area woman thought she'd met 'Mr. Wonderful.' It ended with her being convicted of money laundering

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Lori Uhryn's husband Jim died in 2014 after 30 years of marriage.

Uhryn met George Vincent Henderson on a dating site in 2016 .

He was the creation of an unidentified scammer or scammers who intercepted two international transactions worth nearly one million dollars and deposited them in the account belonging to Uhryn ’s family business.

She was given a two-year conditional sentence, to be served in the community.

Uhryn admitted to laundering $ 677,590 , the majority at the behest of George Vincent Henderson .

Defence and Crown jointly proposed a two-year conditional sentence including house arrest and restitution.

Uhryn told court the years leading up to her arrest were “some of the most difficult of my life”.

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