Kevin Hart’s personal shopper has been indicted by the Queens County Grand Jury on grand larceny and other charges. Dylan Jason Syer is said to have used the comedian’s credit card to defraud him out of more than $1 million and could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
Syer, who owned a personal shopper business, used legitimate purchases to gain access and then allegedly continued to charge the actor’s credit cards for astronomical sums of money.
He is alleged to have made unauthorized charges and purchases using Hart’s credit cards from October 12, 2017 through February 25, 2019.
In total, the personal shopper turned criminal allegedly charged roughly $923,000 on Hart’s credit cards, in addition to $240,000 worth of jewelry and watches purchased from a high-end jeweler in California.
He also bought fine art and collectibles worth thousands of dollars and these included a Sam Friedman painting, at least 16 Bearbrick collectible dolls, 5 KAWS collectible dolls and two Louis Vuitton Keepall Bandouliere bags. On top of that he also purchased five Patek Phillipe watches valued at more than $400,000.
Funny enough, he was showing off his loot on Instagram.
Brought before Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice John Latella on a 10-count indictment, Syer was charged with grand larceny in the first and second degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the first and second degree, identity theft in the first degree and scheme to defraud in the first degree.
On top of the charges, Syer might also be on the end of an asset forfeiture action.
According to Variety, Syer first became acquainted with the actor-comedian in 2015 through his personal shopping business, Sire Consulting, LLC, through which he was contracted to obtain several items for the actor, according to the district attorney’s office. With the partnership, Syer acquired Hart’s credit cards with the assumption that he would only make authorized purchases.
