N.J. man charged in $3.5 million fraud, impersonating Mets partner

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The head of a New Jersey equipment leasing company was arrested on Wednesday and accused of impersonating the New York Mets chief operating officer and co-owner as part of a $3.5 million fraud. Michael Conway, 39, was charged in a criminal complaint in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud a hedge fund investor and financing company. As part of the scheme prosecutors said Conway forged the signature of Jeffrey Wilpon, the Mets' partner and chief operating officer, to get a bank loan.

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