‘Sweetheart Swindler’ Pleads No Contest
Leslie Gall, the so-called “Sweetheart Swindler,” pleaded no contest Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court to grand theft for taking $54,000 worth of stocks and bonds from a Pico Rivera grandmother he was dating.
The 62-year-old woman was one of two widows the 56-year-old Gall was seeing when he was arrested May 13 in Redondo Beach on two Florida warrants, police said. Florida authorities had been seeking the Canadian-born ex-convict for more than a year on charges that he stole tens of thousands of dollars from women he met at senior citizens’ dances.
Deputy Public Defender Ross Klein said Gall faces a maximum of four years in prison for the local offense. Sentencing will be July 5. Gall was in custody in Los Angeles County Jail.
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