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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two men were indicted Friday on charges of bilking winners of online auctions out of $150,000 by making them think their money would go to Hurricane Katrina relief organizations, authorities said.
Leontin Salageanu, 26, and Teodor Manolache, 29, were charged with wire fraud, identity fraud, Social Security fraud and conspiracy in a 10-count indictment, the U.S. attorney's office said.
The indictment alleges that Salageanu and Manolache, both Romanian nationals, staged bogus auctions on eBay, Yahoo and Autotrader.com while posing as Katrina relief organizations.
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