Report: Julia Salazar, candidate of the Socialist Socialist Party, was arrested in 2011 for alleged fraud

The Democratic Socialist candidate for New York, Julia Salazar, was reportedly arrested in 2011 because she was suspected of fraudulently attempting to access the bank account of the wife of former New York Mets player Keith Hernandez – well that she was not charged.

Salazar hit the headlines nationally after her members claimed to be a Colombian immigrant raised in a working-class family. Salazar remained true to his story by seeking a seat in the New York State Senate, questioning any contradictions in the misunderstandings or mistakes of the campaign staff.

But Tablet, who first made holes in her biography, reported on Thursday, during an incident in 2011, that she had been arrested because she was suspected of being in prison. trying to access the bank account of Hernandez's wife, Kai. The recordings obtained by Tablet show a woman claiming to be Hernandez, repeatedly trying to access her UBS account saying she had trouble getting in there. The appellant seems to have failed.

Hernandez's financial advisor then called Kai Hernandez, who alerted the police and named Salazar as the perpetrator of the crime, claiming that Salazar had greeted him several times, giving him access to financial information.

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Charles Weinblatt, the detective assigned to the case, arrested her in March 2011 after interviewing her. Although he said he had a probable cause, he said that Salazar was not charged because "a piece of voice identification is not enough for the prosecutor's office."

"There may have been enough evidence to arrest him, but the prosecutor's office felt that there was no risk of conviction on the basis of an identification." voice, I guess, so the charges have not been filed. "

However, Salazar then filed a defamation suit against Hernandez, claiming that she had usurped Salazar's identity by addressing his own bank and injuring his professional and emotional well-being. This complaint was rejected, but Salazar amended it and claimed that Kai Hernandez had told the police that Salazar had an affair with her husband.

Tablet says the trial dragged on for years until it was settled in March 2017, when Hernandez – who was battling cancer – could no longer afford to keep fighting. His insurance would have paid Salazar a payment.

Hernandez's lawyer told Tablet: "If Kai had not fallen ill, we could have tried this case and won this case, I really believe it, but it results in a cost to his health and his situation was such [the insurance] will pay his money, let them pay his money. She added, "I really believe [Salazar] is the voice of this call. "

But in a statement to the Daily Mail, Salazar's lawyer, Adam Hecht, said: "Kai Hernandez's bizarre and fraudulent attempts to defame and victimize Julia were unfounded by the authorities, who refused to make a complaint. in favor of Julia.

The Democratic primary is September 13th.