Three men who visited a NYC gay bar on separate nights last year were incapacitated and robbed of thousands after criminals used facial recognition software to access their phones, the NYPD says.
Feb. 2, 2023, 9:38 PM UTCThree men who visited a New York City gay bar were robbed of thousands of dollars using facial recognition access on their phones, the New York Police Department confirmed on Thursday.
“What we think is happening with this scheme is they’re being lured away from the club, maybe to say, ‘Hey, you wanna come with me? I got some good drugs,’ or something like that,’” Gault said. “And then, once they get into a car to do whatever it is that they’re going to do, at some point or another, they don’t know what happened when they wake up.”
The spokesperson did not share how the authorities were able to link the five incidents to the same group. Gault said that authorities were able to locate the license plate, vehicles of interest and at least one phone number connected to the suspects in the incidents connected to The Eagle NYC.In January, The Eagle NYC posted on its Instagram account security footage of two men interacting with bar patrons outside the venue, writing: “Do not take rides from these guys.
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