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Court: Navy faker must repay women he scammed

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The Internet dating Lothario who romanced women with tales that he was a multimillionaire Navy admiral who commanded armed forces in Iraq now must repay his victims with earnings from his current job — at a gas station.

Wearing blue jeans, clutching a crumpled baseball cap and looking frumpy with a stubbly chin, Solomon Jesus Nasser, 58, of Ardsley declined to make any public comments about the three women he cheated out of some $200,000.

“No, your honor” were the only words Nasser uttered in Westchester County Court, after years of leading professional women to believe he was an international man of mystery.

Nasser told the women he was a confidant of former President George W. Bush, lying that he was, among other things: a Defense Department official; a member of the board of directors of Sikorsky Helicopters; an MIT grad at age 20 who held more than 80 patents; and the owner of a jet, an estate in Greenwich, Conn., and properties in Ardsley and California.

Soon after meeting the women, he would tell them that he and his ex-wife were in a battle over child support or had been sued, and that a court had frozen his assets.

The women, including a New York City artist and designer, and a Scarsdale mother, gave him cash, computer equipment and other merchandise.

He also was a tax cheat, failing to pay $17,400 in state taxes and interest.

Nasser pleaded guilty in July to felony grand larceny and was sentenced to time served, having already spent four months in jail. He has already paid $60,000 in restitution and must repay the women another $174,000. He must fork over $250 a month from his gas station job and may be ordered to pay more if he gets a higher paying job.

He also received five years probation and was ordered to stay away from his victims.

Prosecutor Robert Mays read a statement from one of the victims, who said she will never recover from the scam, financially or emotionally.

“I find it impossible to trust anyone,” the woman wrote. “There are still days when I cry all day.”