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(Source: Cleveland.com) CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The alleged mastermind involved in scamming hundreds of thousands of dollars from mothers nationwide changed her plea Monday morning.

Zienup Sbeih-Maddox’s plea change to guilty comes on the day her trial was scheduled to begin in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.

As part of the plea deal, prosecutors recommend that Sbeih-Maddox serves six years in prison. She would also be ordered to pay $188,000 back to her victims and $20,000 to the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority for fraudulently using the agency’s services.

Sbeih-Maddox’s sentencing will be held on July 31.....