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LI Moving Company Owner, North Jersey Employee Admit $540,000 Low-Ball Extortion Scheme LI Moving Company Owner, North Jersey Employee Admit $540,000 Low-Ball Extortion Scheme
LI Moving Company Owner, North Jersey Employee Admit $540,000 Low-Ball Extortion Scheme A Nassau County moving company owner and a Passaic County woman who worked for him admitted in federal court that they extorted customers out of nearly $550,000 with the old “low-ball” scam. Lior Atiyas, 42, of Hewlett, Long Island began regularly low-balling estimates to move household goods, then jacking up the price by two to three times once the items were on the trucks, in early 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. He then refused to deliver the goods until the customers paid up, Carpenito said. Atiyas recruited Lola Larios, 37, of Haledon into the scheme when she joined t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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U.S. Attorney: Elmwood Park Bait-And-Switch Movers Held Customers' Goods Hostage U.S. Attorney: Elmwood Park Bait-And-Switch Movers Held Customers' Goods Hostage
U.S. Attorney: Elmwood Park Bait-And-Switch Movers Held Customers' Goods Hostage The owners of an Elmwood Park moving company pulled bait-and-switches on helpless customers -- holding their valuables hostage -- before federal agents busted them, authorities said. For three years, Lola Larios 36, of Haledon, and Lior Atiyas, 42, of Long Island, took advantage of customers who “were in a vulnerable state and unable to refuse their demands,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Larios and Atiyas – using the names “Michelle Jacobs” and “David Cohen” – gave customers low-ball quotes, then jacked up the prices two to three times after the valuables were loaded onto their Premi…

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by Jerry DeMarco