Cafe Worker Doesn't Take Flim-Flam Scam, Chases Down Suspect
A worker at Daily Harvest Cafe stepped up when she thought she was getting scammed by a customer, chasing him down while allegedly getting assaulted.
When a customer at Daily Harvest Cafe kept switching out bills, one employee knew something wasn't right. The customers was allegedly trying to pull a "fast one" where he would get the employee to take bigger bills out of register. Eventually, George Lott, 68, of 39 Boylston St. in Boston was arrested and charged with larceny from a person, assault and battery, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. It all started at about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday when the unnamed employee confronted Lott about his attempted scam. Lott kept changing bills and took back money that was not his, police said. After being confronted, Lott fled the High Street restaurant. The employee chased him out of the restaurant and up High Street, toward Walgreens and …
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Robert Gates
6:31 am on Monday, February 18, 2013
Not that we want to teach it to anyone, but there are several places online that show it....an age-old scam that predates ID theft and the other modern scams. more ›