Crime & Safety

Great Neck Man Victim in $120K Sale

Nassau Police arrest Bronx man after he cashed $120,000 check in fraudulent real estate deal.

A Bronx man was arrested Tuesday after attempting to swindle a Great Neck man in a bogus Manhattan real estate deal, Nassau County Police said.

Roderick Allen, 43, is charged with second-degree grand larceny second-degree possession of a forged instrument after police said he claimed to be the attorney representing the property owner in a commercial real estate deal. 

Police allege Allen took a check for $120,000 from the 59-year-old victim, and instead of placing it in escrow, cashed it Kingston Check Cashing Corporation in Brooklyn.

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Nassau Crimes Against Property Squad detectives collared Allen after the arrests of Harris Jean, 41, of the Bronx, and Anthony Burrison, 47, of Brooklyn. Police said both Jean and Burrison also misrepresented their roles during the real estate transaction process and have been arraigned.

Allen will be arraigned Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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