Crime & Safety

Parents Say Suspect With Bogus Sob Story Swindled Teens Out Of Cash At Upper West Side ATMs

Parents said it happened to their teens at a Citibank ATM on 72nd & Broadway and a Chase ATM on 73rd & Broadway.

(David Allen/Patch)

August 7, 2021

People on the Upper West Side are on alert after they said a man with a bogus sob story and check swindled young people out of money.

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Parents said it happened to their teens at a Citibank ATM on 72nd & Broadway and a Chase ATM on 73rd & Broadway, CBS2’s Thalia Perez reported Friday.

“I can’t imagine that happening,” one person said.

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