Undercover feds bust crew of New York City strippers who scammed wealthy men by drugging them and then running up mega-bills on their credit cards.
Drug Enforcement Administration and New York Police Department investigators arrested four women - professional strippers - earlier this week on charges including grand larceny, assault and forgery, according to legal docs. Also booked was a strip club manager who surrendered to police.
Suspected ringleader Samantha Barbash appeared in court yesterday along with three other suspects in the alleged “tease-em’, dope ‘em and rip ‘em off” gang.
None of the wealthy victims who dropped more than $200K combined were named in the court papers but a New Jersey doctor, a banker, a hedge fund executive and a real estate attorney who lost at least $200,000 combined - was named in court papers.
Barbash's attorney, Stephen Murphy, told media his client denies the charges.