Mohegan Sun baby! The founder of one of the world’s top crisis-management firms was bilked out of $110,000 by his maid — who then gambled away the cash, sources told The Post. Harold Burson, 92, chairman of New York-based PR firm Burson-Marsteller, was cutting checks to housekeeper Raj Lynch, 43, without even realizing it, law-enforcement sources said. In 2008, PR Week described Burson as “the Century’s most influential PR figure.” His firm handles several major companies, including General Motors, AIG and Facebook. Between April 2 and June 1, Lynch swiped 15 of Burson’s checks from his swanky seventh-floor condominium at 30 West 63rd Street, according to court documents. Slot machines on the floor of the new Casino of the Wind at Mohegan Sun. The sneaky maid wrote herself checks, forged Burson’s signature and cashed them, the papers charge. Then she hit the slots. Lynch spent “a significant portion” of Burson’s dough at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Montville, Conn., to feed her betting habit, a law-enforcement source said. Chase Bank contacted Burson after a check had bounced, and then he logged a police complaint on June 12, sources said. Lynch, a Yonkers resident, was arrested eight days later and charged with second-degree grand larceny. She was released on $65,000 bond after her arraignment Friday in Manhattan Criminal Court.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 23:26:59 +0000