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\u201cThis defendant is accused of pilfering his mother\u2019s bank account for at least two years and using that money to fly on private jets and buy $100,000 bottles of champagne,\u201d DA Singas said. \u201cThe victim set aside this money to support a charitable cause, but because of her son\u2019s alleged actions more than $4.5 million was wasted on extravagant expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Based on the investigation, the defendant allegedly stole $4.5 million from an account controlled by his mother. The mother, who used the personal account to fund a charity for wheelchair tennis players, became aware of the theft in April 2017.<\/p>\n
Bernstein allegedly accessed his mother\u2019s bank account electronically from June 2015 to June 2017 and used the funds to pay off American Express, Capital One and Chase credit cards that belonged to his friends.<\/p>\n
The proceeds of the theft were allegedly used to pay for night clubs, hotels, private jets, Super Bowl box seats, rent and a $100,000 bottle of champagne. Bernstein also allegedly used mobile payment services \u2013 including Venmo, Paypal, Squareup and Plastiq \u2013 to transfer money to various accounts and then obtain cash after the subsequent transfers.<\/p>\n
The defendant also allegedly threatened yesterday, via text message, to harm a law enforcement officer\u2019s family member and to destroy his mother\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
The defendant was arrested yesterday by NCDA Detective Investigators without incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MINEOLA, N.Y. \u2013 The Nassau County District Attorney\u2019s office announced that a Roslyn man was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing more than $4.5 million from his mother to fund a lavish lifestyle that included private jets, night clubs, hotels and more. Samuel Bernstein, 24, of Roslyn, was arraigned today before District Court Judge William Hohauser […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":87873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n