Hispanic business directory scam leads to arrestBy Noah Haglund (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Charleston County Sheriff's Office John Dipierno He had a business model and a respectable client list that included three lawyers, a chiropractor and at least one insurance company. But police said that John Dipierno didn’t have the product he promised would help connect local businesses with Spanish-speaking customers. The 47-year-old had collected about $9,000 over the course of two years to list businesses in a Hispanic business directory, North Charleston Detective Robert Joyner said. Yet the phone books never appeared. Police arrested Dipierno on Tuesday. "He kept leading them on, telling them this and that," Joyner said. Then, “he just cut everybody off." Joyner said he has fielded one police report and four phone calls about the alleged scam. To date, all the potential victims have been white-collar professionals. Read more in tomorrow's editions of The Post and Courier. |
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Posted by Tammie on July 23, 2008 at 3:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Two years and all he got was 9g's? He was a remedial reject scam artist. Dumb azz.
Posted by moonpie on July 23, 2008 at 8:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yeah let him go and maybe the illegals will get pissed and move to NC?