In New York, a crook stole thousands of dollars from those who want to rent an apartment

A fraudster in Queens received more than 10 000 dollars from people who wanted to rent apartments in New York who thought they were making insurance deposits for their favorite housing.

Photo: NYPD

But in the end, the fake realtor disappeared with money, writes NBC.

The suspect deceived people in the Jackson Heights, Crown, North Crown and Elmhurst areas since July 2018. In each of the 11 cases he is involved in, he met the victim in a rented apartment and charged her from 1850 to 2900 dollars, and then interrupted the contact. None of the victims in the end failed to contact the criminal. The victims were between 20 and 40 years old.

According to police, the attacker introduced himself as Antonio, Tony, Patricio, Emilion, Thomas, Alfredo, Angel De-Jesus and Jesus Parra.

Anyone who has information about a criminal is asked to contact Crime Stoppers by phone: 800-577-TIPS or through the site nypdcrimestoppers.com.

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