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    • Bay Ridge Man Scammed Out Of 300K


    by on Jun 28th, 2011

    Reeva Johnson and Holly Mitchell (from nypost.com)

    A 76-year-old Bay Ridge resident was scammed out of $300,000 by two women who claimed they were investing in gold coins on his behalf. The man, whose given name is Vincent, asked that his last name not be disclosed

    After convincing Vincent that investing in gold would reap him more in profits than the interest on his bank account, Reeva Johnson, 24 and Holly Mitchell, 23 first took him for two payments of $150,000.

    The pair of women who, according to the New York Post are, “married to two brothers in a gypsy clan,” then attempted a second scam, at which point the man’s friends became suspicious.

    From the Post:

    …despite realizing “I did a foolish thing,” Vincent said, he fell for a story that Mitchell needed a $450,000 kidney transplant. That’s when his friends tipped off cops.

    The two women, charged with multiple counts including grand larceny, could wind up serving as many as 37 years in prison if convicted.


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    • Grace O’Malley

      I hate it when people take advantage of others. If they spent half as much time working and being decent members of society as they do figuring out how to break the law they would be surprised what they could accomplish without stealing from an elderly man.

    • LuLu

      It’s terrible that those two girls scammed that elderly gentleman, but glad that they got caught and hop they do serve their time in prison!

    • Barkingspider7

      I hate to see the elderly abused like this. He probably gave these 2 thieves his life savings. I hope these bitches rot in jail.