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Feds: NYC strippers drugged, stole from rich men
By TOM HAYS 12 minutes ago
In this Monday, June 9, 2014 photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Samantha Barbash, center, is escorted by law enforcement officers following her arrest in New York. Barbash is allegedly part of a crew of New York City strippers who scammed wealthy men by drugging them and running up extravagant bills at topless clubs while they were in a daze, according to authorities. (AP Photo/DEA)
NEW YORK (AP) — A crew of New York City strippers scammed wealthy men by spiking their drinks with illegal synthetic drugs, then driving them to strip clubs that ran up tens of thousands of dollars on their credit cards while they were too wasted to stop it, authorities said Wednesday.
None of the victims — a New Jersey doctor, a banker, a hedge fund executive and a real estate attorney who lost at least $200,000 combined — was named in court papers. But a lawyer for Dr. Zyad Younan, a cardiologist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, identified his client as one of the victims.
Drug Enforcement Administration and New York Police Department investigators arrested four women — all described as professional strippers — earlier this week on charges including grand larceny, assault and forgery, according to papers provided to The Associated Press. A strip club manager surrendered Wednesday.
One of the women and the manager were expected to appear in state court in Manhattan on Wednesday following appearances Tuesday by the other three, including suspected ringleader Samantha Barbash.
Barbash's attorney, Stephen Murphy, said Wednesday that his client denies the charges. He declined to comment further.
The roundup followed an undercover investigation that found that the women joined in a scheme to rip off the men by drugging them with the stimulant methylone, commonly known as "molly," and the tranquilizer ketamine after arranging to meet them at upscale bars in New York and Long Island, authorities said. The impaired victims were driven to Scores in Manhattan and the RoadHouse in Queens, where they were charged for private rooms, expensive meals, drinks and other services, they said.
The clubs paid the women for the visits, but the establishments were not facing criminal charges, authorities said.
The men reported waking up in their cars or in hotel rooms with little or no memory of the encounters. Those who tried to dispute the strip club bills received texts from the strippers threatening to go public with their transgressions, authorities said.
"The defendants were banking on the victims being too afraid to contact the police, but as the indictment and arrests show, they made a serious miscalculation," Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan said.
Last month, Scores sued Younan, saying he owed the club $135,303 for unpaid services. According to the lawsuit, the doctor disputed the charges by saying "he was drugged by plaintiff's employees and thus did not authorize the charges" — a claim the club says is contradicted by security video showing him freely showing up there on four separate occasions.
The arrests exposed how "my client was preyed upon by this ring and not responsible for charges to his credit card," Younan's attorney, Michael Weinstein, said Wednesday.
There was no immediate response to phone messages left Wednesday at Scores and the RoadHouse.
Heart surgeon sued by Scores among stripper blackmail victims
By Jamie Schram
June 11, 2014 | 8:30am
Four exotic dancers and a strip club manager were busted in a plot to drug wealthy professionals and run up $200,000 in charges on their stolen credit cards at Scores in Manhattan and another jiggle joint in Queens, authorities said Wednesday.
The strippers also shockingly blackmailed some of the men by threatening to publicly release sexually explicit photos of them after they were secretly drugged, sources told The Post.
The Drug Enforcement Agency, along with the NYPD and the Westchester County Police Department, rounded up the five suspects Tuesday night for preying on a hedge fund manager, a financial manager, a doctor and a real estate agent, authorities said.
One victim, prominent heart doctor Zyad Younan, got hit with $135,000 in fraudulent charges over three nights at Scores, sources said. He was actually sued for nonpayment.
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The four dancers — Samantha Barbash, Roselyn Keo, Karina Pascucci and Marsi Rosen — were charged with conspiracy, grand larceny, assault and forgery.
A manager at the Roadhouse NYC Gentleman’s Club in College Point, Queens, was arrested and charges against him are pending.
Barbash, Keo and Rosen were arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday and Pascucci will be arraigned Wednesday.
According to authorities, the strippers usually trolled for their victims at tiny Manhattan bars and restaurants over a four-month period beginning in September 2013.
On some occasions, they allegedly met the victims on the pretense of a “date.”
Working together, they secretly drugged the victims with Molly, tranquilizers and cocaine, cops said.
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Zyad YounanPhoto: Handout
They then drove the victims to either Scores on Manhattan’s West Side or the Roadhouse in Queens, police said.
Once inside the clubs, they allegedly brought the zonked-out victims to a private adult entertainment room, stole their credit cards and discussed how much to charge on the cards.
Barbash and Keo headed up the credit scam and, in some instances, sought out the manager’s financial advice, authorities said.
The strippers charged tens of thousands of dollars on the victims’ cards by forging their signatures or making them think they were signing the bill for a significantly lower amount, authorities said.
The women also brought some of their prey to high-end hotels, including the Gansevoort in the Meatpacking District, sources said.
In the hotel rooms, they snapped photos of the victims or filmed them in compromising sexual positions with women and men, sources said.
When the victims awoke in the morning, they couldn’t remember what had happened as a result of being drugged.
And they learned about the illegal transactions only after they received their bank statements or calls from their credit card companies.
The suspects allegedly tried to reverse some or all of the credit card charges.
They also texted the victims, threatening to expose their compromising photos if they contested the charges or went to the authorities, sources said.
Barbash Et Al Indictment by New York Post
Feds: NYC strippers drugged, stole from rich men
By TOM HAYS 12 minutes ago
In this Monday, June 9, 2014 photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Samantha Barbash, center, is escorted by law enforcement officers following her arrest in New York. Barbash is allegedly part of a crew of New York City strippers who scammed wealthy men by drugging them and running up extravagant bills at topless clubs while they were in a daze, according to authorities. (AP Photo/DEA)
NEW YORK (AP) — A crew of New York City strippers scammed wealthy men by spiking their drinks with illegal synthetic drugs, then driving them to strip clubs that ran up tens of thousands of dollars on their credit cards while they were too wasted to stop it, authorities said Wednesday.
None of the victims — a New Jersey doctor, a banker, a hedge fund executive and a real estate attorney who lost at least $200,000 combined — was named in court papers. But a lawyer for Dr. Zyad Younan, a cardiologist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, identified his client as one of the victims.
Drug Enforcement Administration and New York Police Department investigators arrested four women — all described as professional strippers — earlier this week on charges including grand larceny, assault and forgery, according to papers provided to The Associated Press. A strip club manager surrendered Wednesday.
One of the women and the manager were expected to appear in state court in Manhattan on Wednesday following appearances Tuesday by the other three, including suspected ringleader Samantha Barbash.
Barbash's attorney, Stephen Murphy, said Wednesday that his client denies the charges. He declined to comment further.
The roundup followed an undercover investigation that found that the women joined in a scheme to rip off the men by drugging them with the stimulant methylone, commonly known as "molly," and the tranquilizer ketamine after arranging to meet them at upscale bars in New York and Long Island, authorities said. The impaired victims were driven to Scores in Manhattan and the RoadHouse in Queens, where they were charged for private rooms, expensive meals, drinks and other services, they said.
The clubs paid the women for the visits, but the establishments were not facing criminal charges, authorities said.
The men reported waking up in their cars or in hotel rooms with little or no memory of the encounters. Those who tried to dispute the strip club bills received texts from the strippers threatening to go public with their transgressions, authorities said.
"The defendants were banking on the victims being too afraid to contact the police, but as the indictment and arrests show, they made a serious miscalculation," Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan said.
Last month, Scores sued Younan, saying he owed the club $135,303 for unpaid services. According to the lawsuit, the doctor disputed the charges by saying "he was drugged by plaintiff's employees and thus did not authorize the charges" — a claim the club says is contradicted by security video showing him freely showing up there on four separate occasions.
The arrests exposed how "my client was preyed upon by this ring and not responsible for charges to his credit card," Younan's attorney, Michael Weinstein, said Wednesday.
There was no immediate response to phone messages left Wednesday at Scores and the RoadHouse.
Heart surgeon sued by Scores among stripper blackmail victims
By Jamie Schram
June 11, 2014 | 8:30am
Four exotic dancers and a strip club manager were busted in a plot to drug wealthy professionals and run up $200,000 in charges on their stolen credit cards at Scores in Manhattan and another jiggle joint in Queens, authorities said Wednesday.
The strippers also shockingly blackmailed some of the men by threatening to publicly release sexually explicit photos of them after they were secretly drugged, sources told The Post.
The Drug Enforcement Agency, along with the NYPD and the Westchester County Police Department, rounded up the five suspects Tuesday night for preying on a hedge fund manager, a financial manager, a doctor and a real estate agent, authorities said.
One victim, prominent heart doctor Zyad Younan, got hit with $135,000 in fraudulent charges over three nights at Scores, sources said. He was actually sued for nonpayment.
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Karina Pascucci
The four dancers — Samantha Barbash, Roselyn Keo, Karina Pascucci and Marsi Rosen — were charged with conspiracy, grand larceny, assault and forgery.
A manager at the Roadhouse NYC Gentleman’s Club in College Point, Queens, was arrested and charges against him are pending.
Barbash, Keo and Rosen were arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday and Pascucci will be arraigned Wednesday.
According to authorities, the strippers usually trolled for their victims at tiny Manhattan bars and restaurants over a four-month period beginning in September 2013.
On some occasions, they allegedly met the victims on the pretense of a “date.”
Working together, they secretly drugged the victims with Molly, tranquilizers and cocaine, cops said.
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Zyad YounanPhoto: Handout
They then drove the victims to either Scores on Manhattan’s West Side or the Roadhouse in Queens, police said.
Once inside the clubs, they allegedly brought the zonked-out victims to a private adult entertainment room, stole their credit cards and discussed how much to charge on the cards.
Barbash and Keo headed up the credit scam and, in some instances, sought out the manager’s financial advice, authorities said.
The strippers charged tens of thousands of dollars on the victims’ cards by forging their signatures or making them think they were signing the bill for a significantly lower amount, authorities said.
The women also brought some of their prey to high-end hotels, including the Gansevoort in the Meatpacking District, sources said.
In the hotel rooms, they snapped photos of the victims or filmed them in compromising sexual positions with women and men, sources said.
When the victims awoke in the morning, they couldn’t remember what had happened as a result of being drugged.
And they learned about the illegal transactions only after they received their bank statements or calls from their credit card companies.
The suspects allegedly tried to reverse some or all of the credit card charges.
They also texted the victims, threatening to expose their compromising photos if they contested the charges or went to the authorities, sources said.
Barbash Et Al Indictment by New York Post
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