Fancy French Fraud in Westchester Busted, U.S. Prosecutors Say

July 24, 2019, 4:32 PM UTC

An owner of La Cremaillere, a traditional French restaurant that has long catered to the wealthy and famous in one of New York’s toniest suburbs, was arrested July 23 and charged with multiple counts of fraud.

“When Barbara Meyzen’s upscale clientele of bankers, celebrities, and other notable figures frequented her restaurant, they saw a stately French manor in a serene Westchester suburb,” Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, said in a statement. “What they did not see was the alleged rampant financial fraud that was happening.”

La Cremaillere
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Prosecutors claim “Bobbie” Meyzen, who has owned the restaurant with her husband, ...

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