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How the Grinch Stole...
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MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida man claiming to be selling tickets to a Christmas show took $10 each from hundreds of school children then splurged on wine, sunglasses and movies, a state prosecutor said on Friday.
South Florida U.S. Attorney Marcos Daniel Jimenez said David Lee Ellisor collected money from students at schools all around Miami for a "once in a lifetime" Christmas show that never took place.
When the busloads of children turned up to see the "Christmas from around the world" show in the leafy Miami suburb of Coconut Grove in early December, they found the doors of the venue locked and Ellisor nowhere to be found.
"Ellisor collected thousands of dollars in fees for the event, which he then took as cash or used for personal expenses at locations such as a movie theater, a wine shop, a sunglasses store, a video store and a dry cleaner," Jimenez said.
Ellisor's whereabouts are unknown, Jimenez said in a statement. He faces a maximum of five years in jail and a $250,000 fine if convicted of mail fraud.
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