news NYU freshman Kaitlyn Fung, 18, stole and sold $51k in luxury items from roommate

[pride4jc1222]

https://nypost.com/2024/06/15/us-news/nyu-freshman-stole-sold-51k-in-items-from-roommate-lawsuit/

 

This NYU freshman was allegedly earning a degree in grand larceny.

 

A first-year political science major ripped off roughly $51,000 worth of her roommate's pricey possessions, including luxe labels such as Gucci, Chanel and Bvlgari — and then hawked them online for a quick buck, according to a lawsuit.

 

Aurora Agapov — whose Russian mining-magnate father Andre has a net worth of about $75 million and counts a Putin pal on his company's board of directors — realized some of her belongings were missing last month as she completed her freshman year, according to a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit.

 

Agapov became suspicious of her roommate Kaitlyn Fung, 18, after finding a receipt in the Old Tappan, NJ girl's pocketbook from consignment retailer The Real Real that listed Agapov's missing items, according to court papers.

 

The company has an app and a Soho outlet on Wooster Street.

 

"My heart dropped," said Agapov, 19, an arts major who is originally from London.

 

The two roomies had been "quite good friends" before she discovered her pal was allegedly robbing her blind, Agapov told The Post.

 

"We spoke pretty much every day. I'd say we didn't really have any falling outs or anything," she said.

 

"If anything our relationship got better towards the second semester."

 

When she realized in May the extent of the theft, Agapov told Fung to spend the night elsewhere and moved her own stuff out of their room at NYU's Founders Hall dorm on East 12th Street.

 

"I didn't sleep that night," she said.

 

"My mother gifted me those things. They mean a lot to me." 

 

Fung's sales skills were as bad as her thievery, the lawsuit alleged, as she massively undervalued the stolen goods she did manage to unload.

 

Fung is accused of selling Agapov's Bvlgari necklace — worth $13,000 — for a measly $2,485, and a Chanel Strass bracelet valued at $2,000 for a pittance of $175, Agopov said in court papers.

 

Other stolen items were listed for sale but had yet to be purchased by the time Agapov realized what was going on, including a Solange Azagury 18K ruby ring valued at $23,765; a Celine Nanno tote worth $3,300; and a Chanel purse worth $4,000, she said in the legal filing.

 

Fung also allegedly stole Agapov's Gucci and Celine handbags, but had the items returned to her, Agapov alleged in the litigation.

 

Fung was arrested on May 2 on a third-degree grand larceny charge and released.

 

The criminal case is pending.

 

When Agapov went to the brick and mortar outpost of The Real Real to get her stuff back, a worker told her Fung's mom had appeared days earlier to collect the items, she said in court papers.

 

Fung did not return messages seeking comment.

 

Agapov is seeking $51,000 in damages and the return of any stolen, but unsold, items.

 

NYU said it was prohibited by law from revealing disciplinary actions against individual students, but spokesman John Beckman called stealing from a roommate "a lousy thing to do, and a rarity among the 12,000 students we have in student housing," adding consequences typically include suspension.

 

The Real Real said it requires consigners to confirm they have the right to sell items and that they are not stolen.

 

"If we receive any information that items might be stolen, we act fast by removing them from the site and starting an investigation," a spokesperson said in a statement.

[Virgos Groove]

Excuse me if this sounds ignorant since I'm not aware of current NYC housing prices, but if your dad has a networth of $75M... why bother having a roommate in the first place?

 

[Cesar]

3 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

Excuse me if this sounds ignorant since I'm not aware of current NYC housing prices, but if your dad has a networth of $75M... why bother having a roommate in the first place?

 

alot of rich people like to cosplay as poor in nyc for the aesthetic

[Virgos Groove]

Just now, Cesar said:

alot of rich people like to cosplay as poor in nyc

I'm not saying she deserved to be robbed, but... I'll be streaming Pulp's Common People tonight, let's say that!

 

[Cesar]

4 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

I'm not saying she deserved to be robbed, but... I'll be streaming Pulp's Common People tonight, let's say that!

 

she's lucky her roommate didn't steal her tortured poets department variant collection

[Revolution]

I see nothing wrong with stealing from the rich

[uusagii]

Kaitlyn Fung did nothing wrong 

[Mitsouko]

Russian oligarch's spoiled daughter cosplaying dorm vibes at one of the most evil institutions in America? There are some points Kaitlyn Fung has made

[Jotham]

Our generation's Robin Hood 

[Vespertine]

16 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

Excuse me if this sounds ignorant since I'm not aware of current NYC housing prices, but if your dad has a networth of $75M... why bother having a roommate in the first place?

 

 

13 minutes ago, Cesar said:

alot of rich people like to cosplay as poor in nyc for the aesthetic

That, and they love to have an "authentic" college experience by living in dorms, having a roommate etc. 
 

When I worked on-campus jobs in college (at a school with many many very wealthy legacy students) it was always painfully obvious who was working just because their parents wanted to force them to experience having one real job  They were always so… lost. Let's say that. 

[Moloko Plus]

17 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

Excuse me if this sounds ignorant since I'm not aware of current NYC housing prices, but if your dad has a networth of $75M... why bother having a roommate in the first place?

 

Some colleges require freshmen stay their first year in dorms and usually most universities don't have solo dorms. Not sure if that's the case here but lol. Maybe she also just wanted to make some friends

Edited June 17 by Moloko Plus

[Jotham]

15 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

Excuse me if this sounds ignorant since I'm not aware of current NYC housing prices, but if your dad has a networth of $75M... why bother having a roommate in the first place?

 

I think a lot of schools in the US require first-year students to have roommates, it's a way to encourage socialization but also a way to accommodate huge numbers of students. I went to UCLA and there were a lot of rich people even in the triple dorms (where three people had to live in one tiny dorm ).

[Headlock]

23 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

Excuse me if this sounds ignorant since I'm not aware of current NYC housing prices, but if your dad has a networth of $75M... why bother having a roommate in the first place?

 

You have to live in the dorms freshman year at NYU, but most rich kids "live in the dorms" but have an actual apartment they use instead.

[nostalgic]

We're sending truckloads of cash to Ukraine to defeat Russia and their rich foreign nationals are still attending our colleges? Makes sense. Deport her and her necklaces and give Kaitlyn Fung the key to the city.

[AvadaKedavra]

37 minutes ago, pride4jc1222 said:

https://nypost.com/2024/06/15/us-news/nyu-freshman-stole-sold-51k-in-items-from-roommate-lawsuit/

 

 

Aurora Agapov — whose Russian mining-magnate father Andre has a net worth of about $75 million and counts a Putin pal on his company's board of directors — realized some of her belongings were missing last month as she completed her freshman year, according to a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit.

 

A modern hero

Edited June 17 by AvadaKedavra

[Raspy]

eat the rich

queen shi

[Smarticle]

Queen 

[Bosque]

The fact that she didnt notice 50k worth of stuff going missing for an entire year

[Cheers]

1 hour ago, Virgos Groove said:

Excuse me if this sounds ignorant since I'm not aware of current NYC housing prices, but if your dad has a networth of $75M... why bother having a roommate in the first place?

 

It's a dorm. They want the college experience.

[Dei]

a future netflix series 

[Buffy]

Paying thousands of dollars for a purse is a crime in itself. The rich deserve jail.

[LegaMyth]

Trash. Deserves prison. Most if not all thieves will not just target the "rich." Millions of people, from all classes are hacked and have money stolen from them, especially older retirees.

[Trent W]

Honestly deserved for spending that much money in a stupid bag

 

Even if you are rich you have to be really stupid to but that ****

 

 

[Breathe On Moi]

this screams hit Netflix documentary 

[popmusicisdead]

not this reverse Anna Delvey expedition