SCPD: Two Scamming Women Used "Slight-of-Hand" Scheme to Dupe Supermarket Employee Out of $1,500
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate two women who stole money during a sleight-of-hand scheme at an East Northport grocery store.
Two women conducted a Western Union wire transfer for $2,500 at Stop and Shop, located at 3126 East Jericho Turnpike, on March 18 at approximately 5:50 p.m. The women then asked the employee multiple times to recount the money and caused distractions which caused the employee to look away, during which time, the women took back $1,500 from the stack of money.
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