A private shopper employed by Kevin Hart has been charged with defrauding the Philly native of $1.2 million via unauthorized bank card purchases.
Dylan Jason Syer, 29, of Queens, allegedly used the comic’s bank cards to buy high-end jewellery and vogue objects, together with two Louis Vuitton baggage and 5 Patek Philippe watches, and an array of wonderful artwork and collectibles, together with a Sam Friedman portray, 16 Bearbrick dolls and 5 KAWS figures.
Syer was charged Wednesday with grand larceny, identification theft and prison possession of stolen property. He faces as much as 25 years in jail if convicted of all prices.
Hart employed Syer in 2015 to make private purchases, offering him entry to his bank card info. Syer ran a private purchasing enterprise, Sire Consulting.
Syer initially made reputable purchases for Hart, however finally started utilizing his playing cards to purchase costly objects for himself, Queens County District Lawyer Melinda Katz stated. The alleged fraudulent purchases have been made between 2017 and 2019.
“The defendant thought he was past attain and was dwelling out his uber-rich way of life
fantasies,” Katz said. “However my crew uncovered the bogus purchases – from the bank card prices being processed by the
financial institution all the way down to monitoring FedEx packages delivered to Syer’s residence and enterprise.”
Syer posted images of a few of the objects to his Instagram account, Katz stated.
Bearbrick dolls and KAWS figurines usually promote for hundreds of {dollars}. A 20-foot KAWS sculpture, titled “What Social gathering,” brought on a stir final October when it was put in outdoors the Seagram Constructing in Midtown Manhattan.
Prosecutors additionally filed an asset forfeiture motion towards Syer “looking for to grab, restrain and finally forfeit” his property as much as the quantity he allegedly stole. Police seized $250,000 in money and objects from Syer’s residence after they arrested him Wednesday.
“I wish to ship a powerful message to the defendant and others who search monetary acquire via the victimization of others, that my crew and I are dedicated to aggressively pursuing these actions and separating those that commit crimes from their ill-gotten beneficial properties, and returning these funds, the place sensible, to
help the victims,” Katz stated.
