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<i><b>(Copyright 2003 by Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)</i></b>
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(Worcester, Mass.-AP) -- A Farmington, Connecticut, woman has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for selling computer equipment on the Internet that was never delivered.
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Teresa Smith pleaded guilty in December to federal mail fraud and wire fraud charges.
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She was sentenced Thursday to four years and nine months and also ordered to pay more than $857,000 restitution.
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Operating out of an office in West Boylston, Massachusetts, Smith sold hundreds of computers to about 300 people on e-Bay from April 2001 and October 2002.

However she never delivered the equipment. Prosecutors say she used the money for living expenses and an advertising business that ultimately failed.
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Smith formerly lived in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Source: <a href="http://www.wfsb.com/"><i>www.wfsb.com</i>
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