Merchants, city workers help lead cops to scam suspects
Crooks were soliciting money from store owners
They picked the wrong people to scam.
That’s what police are saying after they arrested three suspects, two men and a woman, on Feb. 27 for allegedly trying to scam Bay Ridge store owners out of money by giving the merchants a sob story about a local resident who lost a family member and needed cash for the funeral.
The crooks identified themselves as working on behalf of Community Board 10, according to police at the 68th Precinct.