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DA: Woman busted in Tiffany jewelry scam

Originally published: December 21, 2011 12:52 PM
Updated: December 21, 2011 9:41 PM
By ANDREW SMITH andrew.smith@newsday.com

Suffolk District Attorney Tom Spota displayed some of

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Suffolk District Attorney Tom Spota displayed some of the counterfeit Tiffany wares confiscated in the arrest of Maryann Bell. (Dec. 21, 2011)

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Neither the so-called Tiffany jewelry a Stony Brook woman has been selling nor the cause buyers thought they were supporting were real, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said Wednesday while announcing her arrest.

The jewelry was as fake as the woman's claims that the proceeds were going to the Greater Port Jefferson Food Pantry, Spota said. Maryann Bell, 69, of 5 Seabrook Lane,...

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