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“I feel sad, defrauded, angry and powerless,” said Maria Hernandez, 50, a longtime Huntington Park resident who attended last week’s court hearing to support the former councilwoman.

According to the indictment, from October 2019 to February 2023, Elliott — representing himself as working in the San Bernardino city government and being involved with the police department — defrauded several longtime friends.

“The Cal Bar can know that there are problems — and they did know there were problems because they gave a mock exam — but that doesn’t mean that they purposely defrauded someone.”

Police say they believe Mariana M may have defrauded people in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

In Field’s world, seemingly everyone drove a stolen car and defrauded the state of unemployment benefits.