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'I Took Her For The Money': Contractor Admits To Scamming Long Island Homeowner Out Of $200K 'I Took Her For The Money': Contractor Admits To Scamming Long Island Homeowner Out Of $200K
'I Took Her For The Money': Contractor Admits To Scamming Long Island Homeowner Out Of $200K A contractor is facing prison time after admitting that he scammed a Long Island homeowner out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Nicholas Spano, age 59, pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted grand larceny in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Prosecutors said Spano exploited a Huntington woman over a period of more than a year, from September 2019 to December 2020. He had been recommended by another contractor to perform improvement work on her home. After gaining the woman’s trust, Spano manipulated the victim into giving him money for various reasons, according to prose…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Wanted For Failing To Do Work On Long Island Driveway After Taking Payment, Police Say Man Wanted For Failing To Do Work On Long Island Driveway After Taking Payment, Police Say
Man Wanted For Failing To Do Work On Long Island Driveway After Taking Payment, Police Say A man is wanted on Long Island after scamming a woman out of $1,000 by posing as a contractor and offering to re-seal her driveway before taking off without doing any work. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers released new photos of a suspect who allegedly went to a St. James home at approximately noon on Monday, Jan. 4, when he claimed that he would seal her driveway at a discount rate. Police said that the man followed his victim to Capital One Bank on Smith Haven Plaza in Lake Grove, where the woman handed him $1,000 in cash for work that he never completed. In the photos released by investig…

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by Zak Failla