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In October 2006, Ralph Raines Sr. suffered a stroke and his health declined until his death on Feb. 2, 2011, at age 91. "After two years of cultivating (Raines) Jr. and building trust, ...
Ralph Raines Jr. led a fantasy life. At 66, the heir to a third-generation Washington County logging company had once faced the prospect of a lonely existence. He was without close family and, a ...
Ralph Raines Jr., the heir to the Raines Tree Farm fortune and pictured here with Lee's daughter, met Lee when the California native opened her psychic shop in Oregon.
Ralph Raines Jr, the heir to the Raines Tree Farm fortune in Oregon, was conned out of his family's $15million fortune by Rachel Lee, 44, who befriended him and took control of his finances.
The feds called the $12.8 million fleecing of Gaston tree farm heir Ralph Raines Jr. the "Sweetheart Swindle." And Porsha Lee, make no mistake, was the sweetheart. At the direction of her ...
Though Blancey Lee didn’t devise the plot to steal from Ralph Raines Jr., ... Raines, in his late 50s at the time, was living with his father on a 1,200-acre tree farm west of Portland.
The scheme deepened after Ralph Raines Sr. suffered a stroke in 2006, leaving the son with two issues he was ill-equipped to handle: operating the financial end of the tree farm and providing care ...
Ralph C. Raines ABINGDON, Va. Mr. Ralph C. Raines, 85, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2013, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born May 7, 1928, in Washington ...
2004 -- Ralph Raines Jr. and Rachel Lee meet. Ralph Raines Jr., grew up an only child in the small town of Gaston, Oregon, on his family's tree farm.
Ralph C. Raines ABINGDON, Va. Graveside services for Mr. Raines will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 10, 2013, at Forest Hills Memory Gardens with Andy Raines officiating. Those attending ...
Rachel Lee had her 17-year-old daughter pretend to be British and fake a pregnancy.