Police & Fire

Bath Beach & Gravesend Homeowners Get Justice

Bklyner Staff

Apr 21, 2017 — 1 min read

Domenick Crispino, 53, of Tottenville, Staten Island, who conned a number of Bath Beach and Gravesend homeowners out of over a million dollars – and spent it all, was sentenced today by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Alexander Jeong to an indeterminate term of 11 to 22 years in prison, Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today.

Crispino, a disbarred lawyer, who had already served about 6 years previously for conning people out of millions of dollars, was again praying on the elderly and distressed pretending to be a legitimate attorney as it suited him.

Check out our previous reporting for all the details of what transpired.

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