NEW YORK, June 11 (UPI) -- A manager at a New York City strip club worked with four exotic dancers to drug rich men and run up thousands of dollars on their credit cards, police said.
Investigators say the scam brought in at least $200,000 between September and December 2013. A New Jersey cardiologist was allegedly taken for $100,000 in one night.
The four dancers -- Samantha Barbash, Roselyn Keo, Karina Pasucci and Marsi Rosen -- were arrested late Tuesday and charged with conspiracy, grand larceny, assault and forgery. A man who worked as a manager at Roadhouse NYC Gentleman's Club in Queens was also arrested.
Investigators say the dancers met the men in restaurants and drugged their drinks. In some cases, the men only learned of the charges on their credit cards when they got their statements because they did not remember being in the clubs.
Men who disputed the charges were allegedly threatened with exposure, getting messages that pictures had been taken showing them in compromising situations. Detectives said one Wall Streeter was fired because a corporate credit card was involved.
