Alleged Bangladeshi Scam Artist Cons Countrymen
- Since the initial complaint against Mr. Milton and Ms. Niru, about 30 people, most of them Bangladeshi, have come forward to accuse Mr. Milton of defrauding them, according to Richard A. Brown, the Queens district attorney. Prosecutors say that they are not surprised and that the case underscores an all-too-common trend, of immigrants who prey on their own. “I think it is indeed prevalent,” Mr. Brown said. “I think it’s a case of the victims trusting individuals who share the same backgrounds and the same ethnicity as they do. These are people that they feel comfortable with.” [...] The latest prosecution follows two other cases in which people from Bangladesh have been accused by prosecutors in Queens of stealing from their countrymen, for whom Jackson Heights, with its many Bangladeshi stores and restaurants, is a cultural center.
For more, see Bangladeshis in Queens Say Their Trust in a Countryman Cost Them.
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