Strippers spike men’s drinks in $200k scam

A crew of New York City strippers scammed wealthy men by spiking their drinks with illegal synthetic drugs, then driving them to strip clubs that ran up tens of thousands of dollars on their credit cards while they were too wasted to stop it.

A banker and a real estate attorney were among four unidentified victims who lost at least $200,000 (€148,000).

Drug Enforcement Administration and NYPD investigators arrested four women — all described as professional strippers — this week on charges including grand larceny, assault, and forgery.

The women appeared in state court in Manhattan last night. Suspected ringleader Samantha Barbash denies the charges, her attorney said.

The round-up followed an undercover investigation that found that the women joined in a scheme to rip off the men by drugging them with the stimulant methylone, commonly known as “molly”, or other drugs after arranging to meet them at upscale bars in New York and Long Island.

The impaired victims were driven to Scores in Manhattan and the RoadHouse in Queens, where they were charged for private rooms, expensive meals, drinks, and other services.

The clubs paid the women for the visits, but the establishments were not facing criminal charges.

The men reported waking up in their cars or in hotel rooms with little or no memory of the encounters. Those who tried to dispute the strip club bills received texts from the strippers threatening to go public with their transgressions, authorities said.