VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. The top five buyers involved in a Virginia Beach womans multimillion-dollar coupon scheme have now all pleaded guilty to their roles in the operation, WTKR reported.

In 2021, Lori Ann Talens and her husband were indicted and locked up for running a $31 million coupon scheme from their Virginia Beach home.

Lori Ann Talens received a 12-year sentence and Pacifico Talens got seven years.

Experts say its one of the largest coupon fraud schemes ever discovered in the country.

According to documents, Lori Ann Talens was the mastermind behind the operation and used her computer to design, create and produce counterfeit coupons, then find groups of coupon enthusiasts online to sell them to.

Prosecutors say her fake coupons had inflated values and looked just like real ones

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