Kevin Hart s Personal Shopper Defrauds Comedian Out of More Than $1M: Queens DA Dylan Jason Syer, 29 and of Long Island City, allegedly charged approximately $923,000 on Hart’s credit cards without authorization, in addition to $240,000 worth of jewelry and watches purchased from a high-end jeweler in California.
Published February 11, 2021 •
Updated on February 11, 2021 at 9:53 pm
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Kevin Hart s one-time personal shopper was charged with defrauding the comedian out of more than $1 million in fraudulent credit card purchases, the Queens District Attorney announced Wednesday.
Dylan Jason Syer, 29 and of Long Island City, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on a 10-count indictment charging him with grand larceny in the first and second degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the first and second degree, identity theft in the first degree and scheme to defraud in the first degree for allegedly making the unauthorized cha
These items were packed in boxes, piled high on more than 100 shipping pallets, Katz said.
Other warehouse workers remain under investigation. We believe this to be one of the largest single seizures of counterfeit masks since the pandemic began, Katz said.
District Attorney Melinda Katz said the masks were labeled 3M and sold to hospitals to protect healthcare workers
The masks were being sold to health care workers, who believed they were purchasing and using genuine 3M masks.
Instead, the substandard masks were imported from overseas, or produced in the warehouse, and repackaged with 3M branding. 3M is aggressively fighting counterfeiting of our critical products needed by health care and front line workers during the pandemic, 3M said in a statement. We are grateful to the Queens District Attorney s Office investigation, which has resulted in getting counterfeit respirators out of circulation. 3M recommends only buying products from authorized distributors.
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A night-shift supervisor for the Umbrella Hotel has been arrested on criminal nuisance charges. (Google Maps)
KEW GARDENS, QUEENS A night-shift supervisor for the Umbrella Hotel has been arrested on criminal nuisance charges, after a triple shooting outside the hotel on New Year s Day left one dead and prompted Mayor Bill de Blasio to call for its closure.
Gulshan Gandhi, 68, was arrested on two misdemeanor charges after prosecutors accused of him of maintaining conditions that endangered the safety and health of hotel guests and the community at large, the Queens District Attorney s Office said in a news release.
Gandhi was in charge at the time of the triple shooting that killed 20-year-old Rosedale resident Robert Williams and during two other shootings last summer at the hotel, according to prosecutors.
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Despite the hardships, North Queens pushed through and celebrated many good times â award ceremonies honored its leaders, DJs played free concerts for neighbors, activists took a stand and more.
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