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Man Nabbed Attempting To Rip Off Greenvale Resident As Roofer Man Nabbed Attempting To Rip Off Greenvale Resident As Roofer
Man Nabbed Attempting To Rip Off Greenvale Resident As Roofer A man was arrested after allegedly posing as a roofer and demanding some $20,000 from an elderly Long Island man. Terry McDonagh, age 29, of Keansburg, New Jersey, was apprehended on Monday, Feb. 5 by Nassau County detective after approaching the man in Greenvale.  According to detectives, an unknown man knocked on a Maple Street home and notified the owner that his roof was leaking. The man asked the 82-year-old victim, to come outside to see the problem.  The victim went outside and saw a second man place a ladder against the house and go to the roof. While …

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by Kathy Reakes
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$200,000 ‘Winner’ Scam Targets Seaford Woman: Police $200,000 ‘Winner’ Scam Targets Seaford Woman: Police
$200,000 ‘Winner’ Scam Targets Seaford Woman: Police A Long Island woman was scammed out of over $200,000 total in a scheme that made her believe she was the winner of millions. On Thursday, May 4, a 75-year-old Seaford resident received a call from a stranger who told her that she was the winner of a $6 million prize from Publisher’s Clearing House, according to Nassau County police. However, the scammer told the woman that she needed to pay the taxes on the winnings prior to receiving them. Over the next week, the woman made multiple withdrawals totaling $136,300 and sent the payments to an address in Florida. In addition, the woman se…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Fake FBI Agent Scams $650,000 From Long Island Woman: DA Fake FBI Agent Scams $650,000 From Long Island Woman: DA
Fake FBI Agent Scams $650,000 From Long Island Woman: DA Though authorities were able to recover $140,000, the 87-year-old victim lost over half a million dollars in an elaborate phone scheme. Raymond A. Tierney, the Suffolk County District Attorney, urged the public to be vigilant of scams after an elderly Setauket resident was conned out of $650,000 by someone claiming to be a federal agent, the DA’s office announced on Friday, April 28. The victim, whose name has remained confidential, was originally contacted in July 2022 by someone claiming to be from her bank. The caller allegedly told the victim that her bank account had been flagged a…

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by Sophie Grieser
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North Hills Woman Wires $49K To Scammer Posing As Microsoft Employee North Hills Woman Wires $49K To Scammer Posing As Microsoft Employee
North Hills Woman Wires $49K To Scammer Posing As Microsoft Employee A New York woman was scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars over the phone. The 85-year-old Long Island resident, of North Hills, was using her computer when she received a prompt to call a phone number, according to Nassau County Police. A man on the other end claimed to be a Microsoft employee and instructed her to go to her bank and transfer $49,000 to another bank account, which she did.  Once the transfer was complete, the man then instructed the victim to send him a copy of her driver’s license and the bank receipt for the transfer, police said. Nassau County Police said …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Westbury Woman, 82, Scammed Out Of Thousands Westbury Woman, 82, Scammed Out Of Thousands
Westbury Woman, 82, Scammed Out Of Thousands Police on Long Island are investigating an elderly scam in which an 82-year-old woman was taken for almost $10,000. The incident took place in Nassau County on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in Westbury. According to Nassau County detectives, the woman received a phone call from a man she believed to be her grandson who claimed he was arrested in Pennsylvania and asked for $9,400 dollars to pay for a lawyer.  The woman agreed to meet and exchanged the money with an unknown man. The subject took the money and left on foot, police said. A short time later, the woman was contact…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Broker Sentenced In LI ‘Boiler Room’ Scheme That Defrauded Elderly Out Of Millions Broker Sentenced In LI ‘Boiler Room’ Scheme That Defrauded Elderly Out Of Millions
Broker Sentenced In LI ‘Boiler Room’ Scheme That Defrauded Elderly Out Of Millions A former stockbroker is heading to federal prison for his role in a massive fraud scheme based on Long Island that swindled elderly victims out of millions of dollars. Lawrence Isen, age 69, of California, was sentenced to five years behind bars in federal court in Central Islip Friday, Jan. 6. Earlier Report: Former Broker Sentenced In LI 'Boiler Room' Fraud Scheme That Cost Elderly Victims Millions It followed his March 2020 jury conviction on multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and money laundering. Federal prosecut…

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by Michael Mashburn
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'Real Housewives' Star Gets Prison Time For New York-Based Fraud Scheme 'Real Housewives' Star Gets Prison Time For New York-Based Fraud Scheme
'Real Housewives' Star Gets Prison Time For New York-Based Fraud Scheme A former "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star was sentenced to several years in prison for her role in a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme based in New York.  Jennifer Shah, age 49, who appeared on the show beginning in 2020, was sentenced to six ½ years in prison on Friday, Jan. 6 for targeting elderly victims in the scheme and defrauding them out of their savings, according to the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams.  Beginning in 2012 and lasting until her arrest in March 2021, Shah was the leader of the scheme which ended up victimizi…

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by Ben Crnic
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Detectives On Long Island Stop Scammer From Getting Almost $10K From Elderly Victim: Police Detectives On Long Island Stop Scammer From Getting Almost $10K From Elderly Victim: Police
Detectives On Long Island Stop Scammer From Getting Almost $10K From Elderly Victim: Police Nearly $10,000 in cash that an out-of-state elderly man mailed as part of a scam was intercepted by detectives on Long Island, police said. On Friday, Dec. 16 around 12:40 p.m., detectives in Suffolk County seized an envelope containing $9,800 in cash at a location in Ronkonkoma that had been mailed by an 82-year-old man from Lafayette, Louisiana as part of a cyber scam, according to Suffolk County Police.  The money was originally sent to a location in Bay Shore on Union Boulevard, police said.  The money is now being returned to the victim, and police are continuing to inv…

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by Ben Crnic
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Trio Wanted After Long Island Victim Loses $10K In Scam Trio Wanted After Long Island Victim Loses $10K In Scam
Trio Wanted After Long Island Victim Loses $10K In Scam Three suspects are at large after scamming a woman on Long Island out of $10,000 by claiming there was child pornography on her computer, authorities announced. An alert was issued by Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and the Riverhead Town Police Department as the agencies seek the public’s assistance in identifying and locating three suspects who used gift cards that were obtained through a phone scam in February. According to police, an elderly Quogue woman was contacted electronically by a fraudster alleging that there was child porn on her computer, and she was directed to purchase $10,00…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Duo Nabbed For Attempting To Scam Long Island Woman Out Of Thousands, Police Say Duo Nabbed For Attempting To Scam Long Island Woman Out Of Thousands, Police Say
Duo Nabbed For Attempting To Scam Long Island Woman Out Of Thousands, Police Say Two fraudsters attempted to bilk a Long Island woman out of thousands of dollars by pretending her grandson had been involved in a drunk driving crash, police said. A 95-year-old Lindenhurst resident was contacted by two men who stated that her grandson was in a drunk driving crash and required $8,000 cash to cover bail and attorney fees. The callers directed her to place the cash in her mailbox and they would come by to pick up the money. Police said that the woman said she would comply, even though she knew it was a scam and alerted detectives at the Suffolk County Police Department. Off…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Man Sentenced For Forging Deed In Scheme To Steal $1M Estate Long Island Man Sentenced For Forging Deed In Scheme To Steal $1M Estate
Long Island Man Sentenced For Forging Deed In Scheme To Steal $1M Estate A Long Island man is heading to prison after stealing a vacant brownstone worth more than a million dollars from an elderly former school teacher, authorities announced. Mount Sinai resident Craig Hecht, 52, was sentenced this week to a term of one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison for a  deed fraud scheme targeting an 80-year-old Bedford-Stuyvesant homeowner. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said that Hecht, 52, and a cohort who remains on the loose, stole the deed to 260 Clifton Place, a two-story Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone owned by an 80-year-old retired teac…

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by Zak Failla
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NYC Duo Charged In $42.8K Scam With Money Sent To Vacant Homes NYC Duo Charged In $42.8K Scam With Money Sent To Vacant Homes
NYC Duo Charged In $42.8K Scam With Money Sent To Vacant Homes Two men from New York City were arrested as they retrieved $42,800 in payments sent by victims of a telephone scam to vacant homes for sale in Fairfield County, police say. Police received a complaint on Tuesday, Nov. 19, of suspicious activity concerning the delivery of packages to vacant homes for sale.  On Friday, Nov. 22, police received a call from a UPS security about suspicious deliveries scheduled to be delivered to two vacant homes for sale in eastern Fairfield County in the town of Monroe.  Surveillance was set up on each of the homes. A vehicle was observed driving pas…

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by Joe Lombardi
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North Bellmore Woman Scammed Out Of $11K, Police Say North Bellmore Woman Scammed Out Of $11K, Police Say
North Bellmore Woman Scammed Out Of $11K, Police Say An elderly woman was scammed out of more than $10,000 after a scammer posing as a Microsoft employee convinced her to purchase multiple gift cards, Nassau County police investigators said. Detectives said that an 83-year-old woman received a phone call at her North Bellmore home late in the afternoon on Friday, Aug. 2, from a man stating that her computer had technical issues and needed immediate attention. Police said that the fraudster was able to convince his victim to purchase multiple gift cards over several days that amounted to more than $11,000. According to investigators, the vic…

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by Zak Failla