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The Mets Cannot Stop Being the Mets: Team COO Has Identity Stolen
By Jim Adair
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Even when it seems like it’s their year, the Mets still have something very Mets happen to them. Besides their star pitcher calling it a season before kids get their first homework assignment of the school year, now a New Jersey man, of course, has been charged with stealing the identity of Mets COO (and son of the owner) Jeff Wilpon. According to Sports Illustrated:
Michael Conway, the president of a New Jersey office supply company, has been charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for allegedly defrauding an investor of $3.5 million. He is accused of forging fraudulent agreements with 58 companies, which led the investor to purchase $3.1 million in office equipment. Conway is said to have pocketed much of the money.
Conway is alleged to have presented the investor with a letter from the Mets containing Wilpon’s forged signature. Based on the forged letter, the investor sent $500,000 to Conway and a second investor sent an additional $313,000, the FBI said.
The Mets: Even when you have a young exciting core and you’re likely to walk away with the division, some dude in New Jersey is still using your name to rip people off selling office equipment.
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