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Brooklyn Man Indicted in QR code Parking Fraud Scheme 
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., and Department of Investigation (DOI) Commissioner Nadia I. Shihata say a Brooklyn man was indicted for allegedly carrying out a QR code parking fraud scheme. Mihai Theodor Enescu, 39, faces five counts of identity theft and six counts of criminal impersonation. He is accused of placing stickers on parking meters across Manhattan that led people to a phony site instead of the official “PARKNYC.” Prosecutors say the fake site prompted users to enter financial information, including credit card numbers.
Man indicted in QR code parking scam that surfaced in the East Village
A 39-year-old man has been indicted for allegedly placing fraudulent QR codes on Manhattan parking meters to steal motorists' personal and financial information, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr., and Department of Investigation Commissioner Nadia Shihata announced.
Founder of NYC LGBTQ therapy practice charged with rape after alleged sexual assaults
The founder of a LGBTQ+ therapy practice in Manhattan is facing sexual abuse and rape charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted two of his patients.
Therapist who ran NYC gay men’s group busted for sexually assaulting 2 ‘vulnerable’ patients
A therapist who ran a Manhattan practice catering to gay men was arrested for sexually assaulting two “vulnerable” patients, prosecutors said Thursday.
A Brooklyn man is arrested in a parking meter scam
The QR codes were fraudulent, the Manhattan district attorney said. So was the website that the QR codes connected drivers’ cellphones to.
Parking scan scam: QR codes posted at NYC meters were used to steal credit card info
The suspect believed to have put fraudulent QR codes on New York City parking meters in order to allegedly steal personal information was indicted on identity theft and impersonation charges, according to the district attorney.
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