Crime & Safety
Cops: Queens Man Nabbed for Bilking Syosset Check-Cashing Business
Howard Beach's Richard Guadagno was arrested.
A Queens man has been arrested for defrauding a Syosset check-cashing business.
On Wednesday the Nassau County Crimes Against Property Squad announced that 52-year-old Richard Guadagno, of 162-24 86th St. in Howard Beach, had been taken into custody for passing bad checks beginning last December.
Between December and January Guadagno allegedly passed $64,000 at Syosset's Pay-O-Matic, located at 160 Oak Dr.
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In addition to the check-cashing scheme, Guadagno is accused of receiving $15,000 for fraudulent legal fees between May and September of this year.
He is charged with second-degree grand larceny, third-degree grand larceny and first-degree scheme to defraud, and will be arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Hempstead.
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