A California woman who pleaded guilty to misrepresenting horses she offered for sale on equine-related websites will serve 41 months in prison and pay $273,000 in restitution to 88 people who responded to her horse sales advertisements.

Last year federal authorities accused Trina Lee Kenney of Wrightwood, Calif., of making false claims about the breed, registration status, health, abilities, and temperaments of horses she offered for sale on equine-focused websites including horsetopia.com, equine.com, agdirect.com, equinenow.com, and dreamhorse.com between November 2004 and June 2008.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph N. Akrotirianakis said that in one case Kenney allegedly claimed a horse was safe for a child or a timid rider. In another she had painted other horses to the color of horse she advertised. In some cases buyers never received the horses they purchased.

Kenney’s activities came to light after some dissatisfied customers filed complaints with the FBI’s Internet crimes division. During an investigation Kenney attempted to sell a nonresistant Friesian mare to an undercover FBI agent and a U.S. Postal Inspector. After receiving $5,000 in payments for the mare, she did not respond to their email and other inquiries about the transaction