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Nassau County Police detectives said that an 82-year-old victim was contacted over the phone over the weekend by a stranger who claimed to know who scammed him in the past, and he would provide the information if he was paid thousands of dollars.
According to police, detectives launched an undercover operation on Sunday, June 27, and communicated with the suspect, 21-year-old Milyone Clariot, of Yonkers, which led to a meeting on Monday, June 28, where they were instructed to bring $6,000 in cash for payment of the information he purportedly had.
Clariot arrived at the arranged location at the corner of 775 Branch Blvd. in Cedarhurst at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Monday afternoon to pick up the money, at which point he was taken into custody without incident.
Following his apprehension, Clariot was charged with third-degree attempted grand larceny. He was later released and scheduled to return to court at a later date to respond to the charge.
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