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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP N.Y. State Senate candidate busted in alleged Craigslist rent scheme
A Republican candidate for state Senate was busted Friday for bilking at least 10 people in a Craigslist rent scam, police said.
Jon Girodes, 38, faces several grand larceny charges for listing his ritzy Hells Kitchen apartment online and collecting rent deposits only to back out of the deals and keep the cash, cops said.
Girodes, who is running for the Harlem state Senate seat now held by Bill Perkins, stole a total of $50,000 from 10 victims, both men and women, police said.
After listing his luxury digs at 635 W. 42nd St. and demanding a years rent in cash up front, the politico refused to hand over the keys, cops said.
He stole over $11,000 from one woman alone $7,750 for a purported lease and another $3,500 to help her find an immigration lawyer, ABC reported.
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Girodes, wearing an untucked violet button-down shirt, jeans and loafers, grinned at reporters as detectives led him out of the 7th Precinct on the Lower East Side Friday night.
Girodes bust comes just days after he outraged Harlem residents by telling a reporter he planned to woo prospective voters in the historically black neighborhood with Kool Aid, fried chicken and watermelons.
more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/gop-n-y-state-senate-candidate-busted-alleged-rent-scheme-article-1.2831203
tenderfoot
(8,438 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)He certainly has a pair of brass ones in trying to pull off a scam like that. He even has the gall to be smiling about his arrest!
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)No wonder he's running as a rethuglican.