I traveled 4 hours each way to take an acting class from actor James Ciccone after joining his Facebook talent manger group (TMFA) and being in the message group daily about classes from Mr. Ciccone. Walked into the room of almost 40 people. Totally unorganized, people only got barely one minute or so to perform. His assist was nice and professional. I kind of expected more traveling all the way to New York. It was just another cold reading class, that’s it. We’re they nice, yes. Was it worth the trip all the way to NY, NOOOOOOOOOO!, Worth the price, definitely NOT. Read on…
Below is what pisses me off
I study with someone because I like them and trust them as a teacher but has anyone researched James Ciccone, three four pages deep on google will find James Ciccone has an extensive rap sheet, and con artist history going back to the early 2000’s, scamming schools, students, kids out of a lot of money, 100-200K for years for the purchase or illegal drugs. If he scammed them, is he scamming you? Below is some stuff I found on Google. You’ll also see he went through extremes to try and have most of it taken down from the internet. Below are links to what some of us have found out from is group.
Also, the group admin endorses him, willing knowing he has an extensive criminal past.
Here is another statements that I found on yahoo search:
Thursday, January 27, 2005
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D.A. BROWN: FORMER NON-PROFIT YOUTH FOUNDATION PROGRAM DIRECTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING OVER $69,000 FROM THE FOUNDATION; ADMITS HE USED THE MONEY TO BUY ILLEGAL DRUGS
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced today that a former senior program director for the Sports and Arts School Foundation -- a non-profit foundation in Long Island City that runs after-school, summer and other recreational programs for New York City public school youth -- has pled guilty to stealing –- during a two-year period –- more than $69,000 from the foundation by fraudulently negotiating paychecks made payable to ten individuals -- three actual employees as well as seven phantom employees -- and unlawfully retaining the proceeds.
District Attorney Brown said, "The defendant has admitted that he embezzled over $69,000 from the Sports and Arts School Foundation while serving as its senior program director and improperly used the money for his own personal benefit. He betrayed the trust of the children by turning the foundation’s payroll into his own piggy bank.”
District Attorney Brown identified the defendant as James Ciccone, 41, of 650 Victory Boulevard on Staten Island, a former senior program director of the Sports and Arts School Foundation at 24-16 Queens Plaza South in Long Island City who supervised six SASF after- school program sites in Brooklyn. He pled guilty yesterday to Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a Class D felony, before Queens Supreme Court Justice Pauline A. Mullings who indicated that she would sentence him on February 9, 2005 to two to four years in prison. The defendant admitted that he stole a total of $69,000 from the foundation between July 2002 and March 2004, while serving as its senior program director. He was also ordered to sign a confession of judgement for the full amount.
The District Attorney said that the investigation began six months ago when SASF made a complaint to police after the successor to Ciccone, who SASF had terminated in March 2003 for poor job performance, discovered irregularities in employee payroll records. The investigation determined that the defendant used the money that he stole from the foundation to purchase illegal drugs including cocaine.
District Attorney Brown said that the defendant fraudulently negotiated 10 SASF employee paychecks at three check cashing outlets -- AVW at 4918 Avenue K in Flatlands, Brooklyn, KAF at 2508 Queens Plaza in Long Island City, Queens and Greenridge Check Cashing at 3285 Richmond Avenue in Eltingville on Staten Island.
Regiscope photographs and business records of AVW Check Cashing at 4918 Avenue K in Flatlands, Brooklyn showed that Ciccone negotiated multiple SASF paychecks in amounts ranging from $360 to $728 on at least five occasions between November 2003 and February 2004 retaining the proceeds for his own benefit.
Additionally, Ciccone negotiated numerous checks made payable to an actual SASF male employee who had earned only about $450 for three weeks employment in January- February 2003 but in whose name paychecks totaling over $6,000 had been issued between August 2003 and March 2004 which thereafter were fraudulently negotiated.
Furthermore, Ciccone hired an acquaintance, who earned paychecks totaling $300 for two weeks of actual employment in April-May 2003 and in whose name 18 additional paychecks totaling over $11,000 were issued and then fraudulently negotiated. He negotiated several paychecks that had been issued to two phantom female employees totaling $7,000.
The investigation was conducted by New York City Police Department Detectives Hans Cajuste and Mark Oliva of the 108th Precinct Detective Squad under the supervision of Sergeant Shane Markey, Squad Commander, and Captain Dennis Calabro, Detective Borough Queens, Operations North, Investigative Coordinator; Forensic Accountant James Dever of the District Attorney's Economic Crimes Bureau and Detective Richard Lewis of the District Attorney’s Detective Bureau under the supervision of Lieutenant Robert Burke and the overall supervision of Chief Lawrence J. Festa and Deputy Chief Al D. Velardi.
Assistant District Attorney Diane M. Peress, Deputy Bureau Chief, of the District Attorney’s Economic Crimes Bureau is prosecuting the case under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Gregory C. Pavlides, Bureau Chief, and the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for Investigations Peter A. Crusco and Deputy Executive Assistant District Attorney for Investigations Linda M. Cantoni.
James Ciccone Reviews
I traveled 4 hours each way to take an acting class from actor James Ciccone after joining his Facebook talent manger group (TMFA) and being in the message group daily about classes from Mr. Ciccone. Walked into the room of almost 40 people. Totally unorganized, people only got barely one minute or so to perform. His assist was nice and professional. I kind of expected more traveling all the way to New York. It was just another cold reading class, that’s it. We’re they nice, yes. Was it worth the trip all the way to NY, NOOOOOOOOOO!, Worth the price, definitely NOT. Read on…
Below is what pisses me off
I study with someone because I like them and trust them as a teacher but has anyone researched James Ciccone, three four pages deep on google will find James Ciccone has an extensive rap sheet, and con artist history going back to the early 2000’s, scamming schools, students, kids out of a lot of money, 100-200K for years for the purchase or illegal drugs. If he scammed them, is he scamming you? Below is some stuff I found on Google. You’ll also see he went through extremes to try and have most of it taken down from the internet. Below are links to what some of us have found out from is group.
Also, the group admin endorses him, willing knowing he has an extensive criminal past.
https://www.reddit.com/r/acting/comments/eezl5m/anyone_study_with_acting_teacher_jame_ciccone/
https://qns.com/story/2005/02/03/director-stole-69k-from-lic-group-da/
http://queensda.org/Press%20Releases/2005%20Press%20Releases/01-January/01-27-2005a.htm
https://qns.com/story/2005/02/03/director-stole-69k-from-lic-group-da/
http://queensda.org/Press%20Releases/2005%20Press%20Releases/01-January/01-27-2005a.htm
http://www.jamesciccone.com
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3601503/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ciccone
Here is another statements that I found on yahoo search:
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Click Here For Related Photo
D.A. BROWN: FORMER NON-PROFIT YOUTH FOUNDATION PROGRAM DIRECTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING OVER $69,000 FROM THE FOUNDATION; ADMITS HE USED THE MONEY TO BUY ILLEGAL DRUGS
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced today that a former senior program director for the Sports and Arts School Foundation -- a non-profit foundation in Long Island City that runs after-school, summer and other recreational programs for New York City public school youth -- has pled guilty to stealing –- during a two-year period –- more than $69,000 from the foundation by fraudulently negotiating paychecks made payable to ten individuals -- three actual employees as well as seven phantom employees -- and unlawfully retaining the proceeds.
District Attorney Brown said, "The defendant has admitted that he embezzled over $69,000 from the Sports and Arts School Foundation while serving as its senior program director and improperly used the money for his own personal benefit. He betrayed the trust of the children by turning the foundation’s payroll into his own piggy bank.”
District Attorney Brown identified the defendant as James Ciccone, 41, of 650 Victory Boulevard on Staten Island, a former senior program director of the Sports and Arts School Foundation at 24-16 Queens Plaza South in Long Island City who supervised six SASF after- school program sites in Brooklyn. He pled guilty yesterday to Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a Class D felony, before Queens Supreme Court Justice Pauline A. Mullings who indicated that she would sentence him on February 9, 2005 to two to four years in prison. The defendant admitted that he stole a total of $69,000 from the foundation between July 2002 and March 2004, while serving as its senior program director. He was also ordered to sign a confession of judgement for the full amount.
The District Attorney said that the investigation began six months ago when SASF made a complaint to police after the successor to Ciccone, who SASF had terminated in March 2003 for poor job performance, discovered irregularities in employee payroll records. The investigation determined that the defendant used the money that he stole from the foundation to purchase illegal drugs including cocaine.
District Attorney Brown said that the defendant fraudulently negotiated 10 SASF employee paychecks at three check cashing outlets -- AVW at 4918 Avenue K in Flatlands, Brooklyn, KAF at 2508 Queens Plaza in Long Island City, Queens and Greenridge Check Cashing at 3285 Richmond Avenue in Eltingville on Staten Island.
Regiscope photographs and business records of AVW Check Cashing at 4918 Avenue K in Flatlands, Brooklyn showed that Ciccone negotiated multiple SASF paychecks in amounts ranging from $360 to $728 on at least five occasions between November 2003 and February 2004 retaining the proceeds for his own benefit.
Additionally, Ciccone negotiated numerous checks made payable to an actual SASF male employee who had earned only about $450 for three weeks employment in January- February 2003 but in whose name paychecks totaling over $6,000 had been issued between August 2003 and March 2004 which thereafter were fraudulently negotiated.
Furthermore, Ciccone hired an acquaintance, who earned paychecks totaling $300 for two weeks of actual employment in April-May 2003 and in whose name 18 additional paychecks totaling over $11,000 were issued and then fraudulently negotiated. He negotiated several paychecks that had been issued to two phantom female employees totaling $7,000.
The investigation was conducted by New York City Police Department Detectives Hans Cajuste and Mark Oliva of the 108th Precinct Detective Squad under the supervision of Sergeant Shane Markey, Squad Commander, and Captain Dennis Calabro, Detective Borough Queens, Operations North, Investigative Coordinator; Forensic Accountant James Dever of the District Attorney's Economic Crimes Bureau and Detective Richard Lewis of the District Attorney’s Detective Bureau under the supervision of Lieutenant Robert Burke and the overall supervision of Chief Lawrence J. Festa and Deputy Chief Al D. Velardi.
Assistant District Attorney Diane M. Peress, Deputy Bureau Chief, of the District Attorney’s Economic Crimes Bureau is prosecuting the case under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Gregory C. Pavlides, Bureau Chief, and the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for Investigations Peter A. Crusco and Deputy Executive Assistant District Attorney for Investigations Linda M. Cantoni.