Posted on 01/21/20
| News Source: Boro Park 24
Boro Park – The perpetrator of a new type of scam was arrested by detectives at his house in Bensonhurst Tuesday morning after they worked with Shomrim to catch him.
Thanks to the outstanding work by our volunteers and great #TeamWork with @NYPDBklynSouth @NYPD66Pct @NYPDDetectives and Councilman @ChaimDeutsch, this scammer who has scammed numerous community members of thousands of #HardEarned dollars has been #Apprehended. pic.twitter.com/UCfnARnXET
— 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐫𝐢𝐦 (@BPShomrim) January 21, 2020
The scammer would double park his vehicle on streets throughout Boro Park, and when a car would pass he would loudly smack the sideview mirror as if it had struck his arm.
The scammer would then approach the driver, many times with a towel wrapped around his hand, and claim that he had injured his fingers. He sometimes would claim the driver appeared intoxicated and demand cash in exchange for not filing a police report.
He succeeded in over a dozen instances of scamming money from drivers, usually $450 or $500. Read more at BP24