Accused of marrying military men and stealing their money, Bobbi Ann Finley picked up the phone and called Q13 FOX reporter Dana Rebik this afternoon.While Finley disagrees with some of the accusations, she isn't shy about what she's done.
"I grew up very poor and sheltered so if someone offers me something, I'm not going to turn it down." Finley said she knows an Army investigator is trying to find her. She knows she's accused of conning dozens of soldiers across the country, including a marine in western Washington.
Victims say for nearly two decades, Bobbi Ann Finley has been stalking, marrying and ruining the lives and bank accounts of men serving our country.
"She tends to go for guys that are leaving the country. They are being deployed outside of the country so when they are gone they can't close their accounts," says Katie Wegg.
Wegg's son was wooed in 2004. He met Bobbi Ann in San Antonio while he was in the Army Reserves. She told him she was the daughter of a Marine Corp General about to inherit a lot of money, but in order to get it, she had to get married. It's a story Katie Wegg says dozens of service members fell for, and she's done the digging to prove it.
"I've spoken to 40 victims and 11 ex-husbands," says Wegg.
One of them is a marine who was stationed at the naval base in Bremerton a few years back. A Kitsap County Superior Court document shows a warrant for Bobbi Ann's arrest in December 2006. The prosecuting attorney noted, "It is believed she has become associated with other military males in the state of Washington and that she is in the process of defrauding them."