NYC Scammer Pleads Guilty For Targeted Seniors
A New York City man who helped swindle 17 people nationwide out of thousands of dollars by scaring them about their grandchildren pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges.
Brooklyn resident Allah Justice McQueen admitted picking up money after co-conspirators posing as lawyers or law enforcement officers telephoned victims in 2013. The callers tricked victims by saying a grandchild had been arrested and needed thousands of dollars immediately to avoid prison.
Prosecutors say one 79-year-old victim sent $6,000 for bail after a caller claimed he was a police sergeant.
A plea agreement recommends less than two years in prison at his Nov. 2 sentencing.
This article appeared in print on page 5 of edition of Hamodia.
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