Albany Man Gets 2 Years for Defrauding Concert Promoters out of $450,000

Albany Man Gets 2 Years for Defrauding Concert Promoters out of $450,000
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An Albany man was sentenced on Sept. 24, to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay full restitution to his victims after defrauding European concert promoters out of $450,000 by misrepresenting his ability to book Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts in Eastern Europe, according to prosecutors.

During a series of communications in 2011 and 2012, Quincy Krashna, 50, convinced the victims to put the money into a fake escrow account as a deposit to secure his services in arranging potential concerts to be performed in Croatia, Romania, and Bucharest.