Crime & Safety
LI Woman Charged With Scamming Rockland Resident
Police say she scammed her victim out of $3,000 as a needed payment for a non-existent lottery.
ORANGETOWN, NY —A Long Island woman faces a grand grand larceny charge for a lottery scam in Orangetown. She scammed a person out of thousands of dollars, police said.
According to police, Amina R. Nasir, 23, of Massapequa, convinced an Orangetown resident that they were entered into a lottery. Nasir told the resident that they had to pay her an additional $3,000 to have the chance to win prizes. They did.
Police say there was no lottery and that the Orangetown resident was scammed.
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Police arrested Nasir at her home and transported her to Orangetown Police Headquarters, where she was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny. She is being held in the Rockland County Jail on $10,000 bail, and is due back in court on Tuesday.
Photo: Amina R. Nasir/ Orangetown Police Department
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