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A man who scammed a Huntington homeowner out of $200,000 of her retirement fund and life savings has been sentenced, officials said.
Nicholas Spano, who pleaded guilty in November to second-degree attempted grand larceny, was sentenced to two to four years in prison by state Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei. The scheme involved posing as a home-improvement contractor between 2019 and 2020, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney.
“Anyone who would take advantage of a vulnerable victim via a home improvement scam or any other type of scam should be forewarned,” Tierney said in a statement. “We take all consumer crimes seriously at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. We will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law and send you to upstate prison for scams such as this.”
Spano had been recommended to the victim by another contractor, and in September 2019 he gave an estimate for home improvement work on the victim’s Huntington residence, officials said. Upon gaining the victim’s trust, Spano manipulated the victim into giving him money for different reasons. His behavior escalated to the point where he made threats of violence against the victim, her family and her associates.
This conduct continued for more than a year, until the victim’s retirement and savings accounts were depleted. When officers from the Suffolk County Police Department, arrested Spano on April 24, 2022, he told them, “She’s doing this because I took her for the money.”
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