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Long Island Man Indicted In $700,000 Investment Scheme Long Island Man Indicted In $700,000 Investment Scheme
Long Island Man Indicted In $700,000 Investment Scheme A New York man has been indicted for scamming investors out of more than $700,000, authorities announced. Long Island resident Matthew Gallagher, age 37, of Rocky Point, used various investment schemes to scam 24 victims over a period of about four years, according to an investigation by Suffolk County Police and Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini. “We have 24 people here who gave their savings to this defendant with the promise of sound investments only to be lied to and swindled out of their hard-earned money,” Sini said. “He was allegedly selling them on investing in b…

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Long Island Man Accused Of Scamming Investors Of Over $700K Long Island Man Accused Of Scamming Investors Of Over $700K
Long Island Man Accused Of Scamming Investors Of Over $700K A New York man has been accused of scamming investors of more than $700,000 over the past year and a half, authorities announced. Long Island resident Matthew Gallagher, age 37, of Rocky Point, used investment schemes in fraudulent startup business ventures and insurance-related frauds to scam 16 victims between November 2019 and April 2021, according to an investigation by Suffolk County Police. Gallagher was arrested just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 28 at the Seventh Precinct in Shirley, according to police. He was charged with: Two counts of first-degree schemi…

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Long Island Man Accused Of Scamming Investors Out Of $60K Long Island Man Accused Of Scamming Investors Out Of $60K
Long Island Man Accused Of Scamming Investors Out Of $60K A Long Island man has been accused of scamming investors out of more than $60,000, police said. The arrest was made on Main Street in Patchogue . on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at approximately 5 p.m., according to Suffolk County Police, The man, Rocky Point resident Matthew Gallagher, allegedly collected the money from three victims between December, 2018 and March, 2019, telling them they were investing in a legal marijuana farm in California, police said. Victims were promised a high return on their investment in the farm, which detectives have determined does not exist,…

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