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PayPal Scam Defrauds Over $40K From Long Island Woman: Police PayPal Scam Defrauds Over $40K From Long Island Woman: Police
PayPal Scam Defrauds Over $40K From Long Island Woman: Police A Long Island woman lost tens of thousands in a scam involving a fake PayPal scam and US government agents, police said. On Thursday, July 13, a Manhasset woman received an email from what she believed was PayPal, according to Nassau County Police. The email claimed the woman had a fraudulent payment on her PayPal account, and gave her a number to call. When she called the false PayPal number, they told her that she owed $39,000. She was told to withdraw the money and that a representative from the US Department of Justice would come to her home to pick it up. The victim complied an…

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by Sophie Grieser
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$750K Stolen: Long Island Thief Used Money On Plane Tickets, Beauty, DA Says $750K Stolen: Long Island Thief Used Money On Plane Tickets, Beauty, DA Says
$750K Stolen: Long Island Thief Used Money On Plane Tickets, Beauty, DA Says A Long Island woman admitted to stealing nearly a quarter of a million dollars from an elderly woman. On Thursday, May 4, 50-year-old New Hyde Park resident Elizabeth Reilly pleaded guilty to grand larceny charges, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. Reilly’s employer was a Floral Park attorney who had verbally agreed to handle a 91-year-old woman’s finances while she executed her Power of Attorney, Living Will, and more with him, the DA’s Office reported. Earlier Report: New Hyde Park Woman Indicted For Theft Of Almost $750K, DA Says According to the investigation, the law …

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by Sophie Grieser
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$600,000 Stolen: Long Island Yacht Club Bookkeeper Sentenced, DA Says $600,000 Stolen: Long Island Yacht Club Bookkeeper Sentenced, DA Says
$600,000 Stolen: Long Island Yacht Club Bookkeeper Sentenced, DA Says Over the course of seven years, the woman siphoned club funds into her personal accounts and falsified business records, authorities report. Anna Maria Restrepo, a 59-year-old Glen Head resident, was sentenced on Thursday, April 27 to three to six years in prison on grand larceny charges, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. Restrepo (who is also known as Anna Maria Saboski), had been stealing hundreds of thousands from the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club for nearly her whole employment with the club. According to the District Attorney, Restrepo was hired as a bookkeeper and …

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by Sophie Grieser
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$10,000 Elder Scam: Sting Operation Nabs Swindler Red-Handed Near Patchogue $10,000 Elder Scam: Sting Operation Nabs Swindler Red-Handed Near Patchogue
$10,000 Elder Scam: Sting Operation Nabs Swindler Red-Handed Near Patchogue Police apprehended two people involved with an alleged elder scam after the victim, a 79-year-old Long Island woman, alerted a local officer to her suspicious conversations with the scammer. The woman was on the phone with the alleged con artist when she flagged down a Suffolk County Police Officer on Friday, April 14, according to the department. She told the officer, identified as Sergeant Christopher Racioppo, that she was speaking with a man who had sent her an email the night before about what appeared to be a fraudulent PayPal charge on her account. The man allegedly told her to t…

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by Sophie Grieser
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West Islip Man Accused Of Stealing $8.4 Million From Long Island Private School West Islip Man Accused Of Stealing $8.4 Million From Long Island Private School
West Islip Man Accused Of Stealing $8.4 Million From Long Island Private School A 51-year-old man was indicted for allegedly stealing $8.4 million from a New York private school during the 11-year period when he worked there. Long Island resident David Ostrove, of West Islip, was indicted on charges of first-degree grand larceny and first-degree money laundering for allegedly stealing from the Schechter School of Long Island, located in Nassau County, in Williston Park, while he worked as chief financial and technology officer and director of operations, according to an announcement from Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney on Monday, July 25. “As alleged i…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Long Island Woman Indicted For Theft Of Almost $750K, DA Says Long Island Woman Indicted For Theft Of Almost $750K, DA Says
Long Island Woman Indicted For Theft Of Almost $750K, DA Says A woman on Long Island is facing charges for allegedly stealing nearly $750,000 through her employer, which had been entrusted with her victim’s finances, authorities announced. Nassau County resident Elizabeth Reilly, age 48, of New Hyde Park, was arraigned on Wednesday, April 6 on charges she allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from a 91-year-old woman who entrusted her finances to her employer, a Floral Park attorney. Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said that Reilly’s employer had a verbal agreement with the victim that he would handle her finances as she began…

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by Zak Failla