UN Volunteer Arrested for Grand Larceny

A UN volunteer and convicted con man Marc Payen was busted for posing as a lawyer and stealing thousands of dollars from his immigrant victims - inside the agency's headquarters.

Payen recently pleaded guilty to similar charges in Queens was charged with grand larceny for stealing $12,000 from six people.

Manhattan prosecutors said there may be more victims.  Payen, who posed as a phony lawyer, approached his "clients" in the United Nations building between September 2009 and April 2010.  He then told them his offices were "upstairs" and conned them into paying him to process their immigration papers, including green card applications.

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