NYC stripper credit card scam: $200,000 stolen from rich clients, drugged up and blackmailed
- 9 years ago
Four women and a New York strip-club owner are accused of drugging up rich men and running up almost $200,000 in credit card charges while they were passed out.
Samantha Barbush, Marsi Rosen, Roselyn Keo, Karina Pascucci and Carmine Vitolo appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday on charges of conspiracy, assault, forgery and grand larceny.
The women would hit up lounge bars, fishing for worthy targets — rich, lonely men. Then they would entice their victims into having a little extra fun with them, often times without their knowledge.
The men, drugged up on ketamine, molly or other body-rocking substances, would then be escorted to a gentleman's club: often times, it was Roundhouse in Queens or Scores in Manhattan.
The men would be taken to private rooms where their party would soon be over. But, for the women, the fun had just begun. With the help of the club owner, the dancers would then run up insane charges on the victim's credit cards and forge the cardholders' signatures.
Dr. Zyad Younan, a cardiologist at Johnson University Hospital, was allegedly taken for $135,000.
The victims would wake up the next day in random places with incriminating text messages sent to them as blackmail. Investigators have identified four victims dating back to September last year but believe other marks have yet to come forward.
Samantha Barbush, Marsi Rosen, Roselyn Keo, Karina Pascucci and Carmine Vitolo appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday on charges of conspiracy, assault, forgery and grand larceny.
The women would hit up lounge bars, fishing for worthy targets — rich, lonely men. Then they would entice their victims into having a little extra fun with them, often times without their knowledge.
The men, drugged up on ketamine, molly or other body-rocking substances, would then be escorted to a gentleman's club: often times, it was Roundhouse in Queens or Scores in Manhattan.
The men would be taken to private rooms where their party would soon be over. But, for the women, the fun had just begun. With the help of the club owner, the dancers would then run up insane charges on the victim's credit cards and forge the cardholders' signatures.
Dr. Zyad Younan, a cardiologist at Johnson University Hospital, was allegedly taken for $135,000.
The victims would wake up the next day in random places with incriminating text messages sent to them as blackmail. Investigators have identified four victims dating back to September last year but believe other marks have yet to come forward.