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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'forgery'

April 9, 2008

DOS police lieutenant John Fitzgerald is a 24-year vet who's better known as the guy who ended up carrying Naomi Campbell's bag when she reported for day two of her community service last year. And now he's stepping out of the model's shadow. The NY Post reports that the sanitation cop must have caught the criminal bug from the model, as he was busted in Queens yesterday for allegedly forging a gun permit. If convicted,......

Continue Reading "Naomi Campbell's Bag Carrier Cursed, Charged"

December 21, 2007

'Tis the season to...steal from your workplace? The NY Sun reports that the Manhattan district attorney's office is prosecuting a case against a Bloomingdale's employee who created bogus gift cards.The complaint says Jennifer Ng, a 22-year-old Queens resident, cheated the East Side store out of $34,515 during the nearly month-long scam. It says Bloomingdale's sales receipts were the key element of Ms. Ng's alleged scheme. After a shopper made a purchase, she would regenerate the......

Continue Reading "Saleswoman's Shopping Spree at Bloomie's Ends in Arrest"

November 20, 2007

The Department of Education is charging a temp with stealing $50,000 in fake overtime. The tip off? When Tyrone Avila would claim he was working 85 hours a week - when he really supposed to work less than 40 hours a week. The Daily News reports that Avila had been temping as budget analyst for the DOE since 2001, but "he didn't start padding his time sheets until 2005 when his mother-in-law developed mental problems......

Continue Reading "As Easy as ABC, DoE Temp Steals $50K"

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