. >> reporter: when we met up with judy miller at the end of her rope after constant phone calls andy miller -- >> because it was you. >> reporter: it wasn't judy miller, he said someone hacked into her facebook page and posted about a moving sale, everything had to go. >> washers, dryers, big-ticket items and the story to them is, these items are going fast. >> oh, perfect. >> reporter: she said she thought she found the perfect opportunity. >> because this dear friend of knew her, i was like, i totally trust it. >> reporter: her family sent a total of $1,000 through venmo as deposit. when she went to the address to pick up the items the house was vacant. >> she said, sweetheart, my account has been hacked and i have been trying to get this taken care of. >> reporter: she's heard from people across texas with similar stories. she filed a report with police, she tried to change her password to regain control of her facebook account. she looked for help following facebook's online help center instructions. >> it took me days to get an e-mail response. >> reporter: judy requested that

the reporter who was at the center of that, judy miller, left the paper.i think the paper is much more scrupulous in terms of reporting those kind of stories. but i don't know. i think that was kind of a big deal. i mean, i spent a lot of time on that, the book. i spent a lot of time. i supported the books. i think they're both really big events, right. but i you know, if you ask me, i think that ultimately iraq was more damaging. yeah, i think, as you say, know, jayson blair looks like a really huge, -- basic failure. but at some level, you know, when you're working in even an institution as big and powerful as the new york times, relationships do, i guess have to be based on trust. and if someone just completely yeah, you know, refuses to accept that that kind of basic compact, then to some level they'll probably always be able to perpetuate some kind of wrongdoing. whereas i think you make the case that the failures that led up to the iraq war were more routine and more, you know, within, within the paper's kind of organizational principles and structur

folks, have a seat, please. >> judge judy: ms. miller, you and the defendant met online.rief period of time. it didn't work out. it resulted in a bad break-up. you were not quite living with the defendant, not quite moved in, according to him, but spent a good deal of your time at his home. is that correct? >> that's correct. >> judge judy: okay. now, on what date did you meet mr. zarbok? >> november 20th of 2017. >> judge judy: and on what date did you start moving in to his house? >> march of 2018. but throughout november of '17,

the paper change the reporter judy miller left to the paper i think the paper is much more scrupulouseporting the kind of stories. that was a big deal i spent a lot of time on that both really big events. if you ask me was ultimately more damaging. >> jason blair looks like it's really huge and dan basic failure but at someou level youe working in an institution is big and powerful and has to be based on trust if someone refuses to accept that basic compact then at some level they will probably be able toon perpetuate some wrongdoing where think you make the case the failures that led up to the iraq war were more routine and within the papers organizational principles and structures then the attacks coming from someone outside them if that makes sense. >> also much more damaging. the repercussions of the war in iraq are huge. i talked to one editor discipline said, you know, he says we had this manual, right? we have all these rules and stuff, but we have no rules against somebody making stuff. he can use the word stop. or you guess what. i mean, i guess somebody's making stuff up. an

so you're miss hogoboom. >> hogoboom. >> judge judy: you purchased a puppy together from miss miller er 1st. >> judge judy: is that the day you brought the puppy home? >> yes. >> judge judy: what kind of puppy was it? >> it was represented as a german shepherd. >> judge judy: how much did you pay for it? >> $500. >> judge judy: did you go to her home to see the litter? >> no, your honor. >> judge judy: how did you make the transaction? >> we met her in nra