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Horny & Clyde (New York Post)
Feb 1st, 2025 by Viviane
By HEIDI SINGER, KIERAN CROWLEY & CYNTHIA R. FAGEN
February 1, 2007 — A flamboyant con artist and his Hamptons gal pal videotaped sex romps with married lonely-hearts they met over the Internet - then blackmailed them for thousands of dollars in hush money, police said yesterday.
The scammers went by the screen names “Mr. Nice” and “Gina.” Cops identified them as Michael Largue, 44, of Franklin Square, L.I., and Shawn Payne, 34, of East Hampton, who picked their marks from the sexually explicit Web site FriendFinder.
Largue would lure an unsuspecting woman into a sexual relationship and Payne would do the same with men, police said.
Cops said they know of at least two extortion victims: an upstate woman, 47, they hit up for $51,000, and a man, 43, from Garden City.
The scheme worked well, cops say, because unlike a quickie one-night stand, the alleged blackmailers gained their victims’ personal history during pillow talk over several weeks while videotaping and photographing the sex acts.
“The victims are all upstanding individuals and respected members of their communities,” said Nassau County Police Detective Lt. Ray Cote.
Once a victim was hooked, the shakedown began. (more…)
aw that’s so sad!