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dailylocal.com > 02/18/2026 > new-yorker-hotel-fraud

Man who lived rent-free in New Yorker Hotel, then claimed to own it, pleads guilty to fraud charge

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (301+ words) Mickey Barreto entered the plea on Wednesday, admitting that he had forged property records in an effort to take ownership over the hotel. That effort was, at least on paper, partially successful. When the hotel rebuffed him, he took his…...