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Dead man's check-cashing pals say he seemed alive

Their bumbling actions have brought two guys in an alleged Hell's Kitchen check cashing scam worldwide attention for their only-in-New York similarities to the dark comedy, "Weekend at Bernie's."

But as James O'Hare and David Daloia allegedly pushed the lifeless body of friend and roommate Virgilio Cintron to the Pay-O-Matic Check Cashing spot in an office chair on Tuesday to cash a check,...

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