Westport Resident Loses Appeal in 'Yankee Stadium Dirt' Scam Case: Report

WESTPORT, CT — British citizen and Westport resident Mark Hayward was convicted of swindling former rock musician Bob Runk of more than $80,000, and the Connecticut Appellate Court upheld that conviction in a decision Monday, reports the Connecticut Post.

Hayward hatched a scheme to supposedly sell dirt from the old Yankee Stadium, and he convinced Runk, a founding member of the 1960s rock band Uranus and the Five Moons, to invest in the fraudulent venture.

In 2013, a jury found Hayward guilty of first-degree larceny, and a judge sentenced him to 18 months in prison and five years of probation. Hayward was subsequently arrested in California for an unrelated scam.

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Photo: Mark Hayward. Photo credit: Westport Police Department

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