The Brooklyn Paper reports that “Busted Chef” Dan Kaufman’s Pierrepont Street apartment – which the paper writes he rents from Busy Chef owner Alan Young – had its locks changed and was ransacked this week. The paper’s calls to Young for comment went unanswered:
Brooklyn Paper: Busted Chef…: For the record, Brill said his client is innocent of the identity theft and credit card fraud charges, claiming instead that Kaufman was a scapegoat of larger crimes by Young and others.
The paper also steps up to the plate today and sheds light on Nasser “Nando” Ghorchian’s dealings with Alan Young and the Busy Chef related businesses.
Grr. I keep trying to read the Brooklyn Paper’s story. I can’t access it. It says forbidden and not found on this server.
I want to read it and I can’t! :-(
I love how Kaufman is playing the victim angle. I wonder if the “Busy Chef’s apartment ransacked!” story is actually true. Did the Brooklyn Paper get punk’d?
Try going to the paper’s site manualy. Or cut and paste the link:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/31/31_31_sp_busy_chef_main.html
They may be blocking links that are referred by this site.
Geez, cut it out with the conspiracy. Story is back up on their site.
Conspiracy or not, I still don’t believe Kaufman’s story.
This guy is so full of it. Call the cops if you’re a victim of a crime not the Brooklyn Paper. And btw, the Blue Pig lady says Kaufman is “almost a patsy”… ALMOST. And that was in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/nyregion/04fraud.html?em
He, if you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas. Problem is, I’m not sure which is which when it comes to Kaufman/Young.
there was similar credit card fraud going on at food maestro, aficianada all connected to alan young
Okay, insider, time to ‘fess up. Are you now or have you ever been a member of the COC crew? If there was CC fraud at the previous two incarnations of BC, it certainly is news, so what do you know and how do you know it?
it should be mentioned that those two – food maestro and aficiaonada – are also connected to DK…
“10596g”, I assume you have evidence for that claim, since according to my Chef Dan Timeline, he was still plotting his escape from Vermont while I was gagging on Food Maestro’s “Spaghetti Bolognese with Meat Sauce”.
Yes, I do. ‘Chef’ Dan was a cook at Food Maestro – I’ve seen him in the kitchen there, back when it was in its final days.
Then he must have been there in the last couple weeks of its existence, since he was still in Vermont through the beginning of February 2007.
As I said, he was a cook there for the last few weeks it was up and running…
he started there at the end of feb 07 (i was hired as a cook by chris in jan) the last big batch of fraudulent credit card charges were made in december 06 and january 07 he wasnt there then but alan young was this has been going on for years
insider – you are one busy commenter. i think many people on BHB have mentioned that their credit cards were ripped off in the last couple of months. why do you feel the need to lie to us?
“there was similar credit card fraud going on at food maestro, aficianada all connected to alan young”
I always liked him on ‘Mr. Ed’. Not easy working with a horse, of course!
Or horses asses, for that matter!
I know that DK was involved with food maestro and that he did indeed move to NY at the end of February 2007…that is factual.
im just saying this activity has gone on before not saying it didnt happen again this time around
I’m very curious as to what alan young’s background is, how he can afford to keep closing and reopening these places. seems to own or at least have a lease on a lot of real estate around the nabe. anyone know him?
The apartment probably wasn’t ransacked; Alan most likely just took back his furniture that Dan “borrowed”.
All I do know is that approximately 35 people are out of work, purveyors are owed well over $100,000, not including all the other bills that were never saw too. Dan also paid child support with Busy Chef checks that bounced, just like his employees’ checks did and if Alan didn’t know any of this was going on, he was just a plain fool for allowing someone carte blanche of his establishments and never doing damage control. The best part about it was, if you were around Dan for a minute in a kitchen, you’d know he was a hack that couldn’t even scramble eggs without drying them out. Such a shame.
So how come no-one finds it even questionable that this Alan Young character goes unanswered for everything & has nothing to say about all of this ??? I mean This blog has obviously had it out for this Chef for quite a while now , but how come it’s when ALL of this comes to light, then someone goes , oh well …maybe this guy had something to do with it?? Seems kinda unfair to Dan. Myself owning a very successful chain of restaurants in VA…well..you can’t just RECHARGE a credit card and get money from it. You people in this “friendly” Brooklyn community have had nothing but hatred for this poor guy. From running the restaurant to the ground, to running his name into the ground. Now all of you people feel “sorry” for the employees at these places. Funny how the world works in mysterious ways. The apartment , the store …to the posts about how ironic , that there is a sign out front , about how stores that close , never re-open…You people are some hypocrites, that could be someone’s life long dream to own these businesses, But that’s ok , because it didn’t happen to you. Sometimes , bad things happen to good people , and people are wrongly accused when they never should be. I personally can’t wait to see the day , when someone goes , you know what ? It wasn’t Dan.
Nope…Definitely wasn’t Dan bouncing check after check to purveyors, was DEFINITELY not him, that numerous letters came in the mail showing obscene amounts of charge backs, ( being that once he was gone, he couldn’t snatch the mail away) and the only folks having access at ALL TIMES was him. People “recharge” all the time because many customers never check their statements. That’s what the swindlers are banking on, no pun intended. You sound alittle too emotionally involved towards this NY situation for just a stranger in VA…also kind of funny that Dan had a business name or corp name with a southern address. I know he reads these, and for all we know, VA, you could be Dan…either way, October 15th should be a sweet day. If it wasn’t him, bravo to all involved who schemed to have him arrested instead of just paying him off and firing him. Makes sense to me. Makes even more sense that he didn’t just punch me in the face, but lie to it daily while calling me a friend. Guess liars and their ilk have no friends.
If the defense’s misdirection strategy is successful, we all wish Dan well in his future endeavors.
I can guarantee that Simplistic_Indulgence_In_VA is Dan. He is probably obsessed with this site as he was obsessed with the Shameless Restaurant site. I’m pretty sure there was someone posting on that site from VA supporting Dan as well (Of course it was probably Dan himself). Dan is a liar, and a fraud. He will never change. He will lie straight to your face about the most random stuff I know this because he has lied to me and I CAUGHT HIM MANY TIMES. Dan has a serious mental illness-he is a pathological liar-ask anyone in his family! He has no friends and no one from his past can say anything nice about him. I, for one, can’t wait for Dan to get what he deserves. Karma’s a bitch Dan!
Amazing that Brooklyn Paper fell for his act. His lawyer is just his latest patsy.
P.S…I miss everyone@ the Wine Bar( my comrades) some of my peeps on the other corner as well as friends and customers. It was a pleasure getting to know you all.
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Well….No first off , i’m not Dan. I have come across him a few times in passing , but no , no “emotional attachment” involved there, but i’m sad to see them all close, it was a normal part of my trip to at least try to visit Brookly Heights while I was in town on business. your all so obsessed with this Dan character , and for those of you that did visit the shameless site ..yep , I was the GIRL in Virginia. I will more than gladly admit that. Dan had absolutely nothing to do with my restaurants. So what if there is a southern address. I’d bring him in as my chef in a heartbeat. Not in VA ..you can’t guarantee anything ..as i said , I knew him in passing. I’m a 27 year old woman from Northern VA. I do feel bad for the guy though, maybe i’m an idiot for doing so. But I think that’s never been a bad trait. You see the only thing I wanted an answer to , was where is the other guy ? Alan Young? if this were my business and my chef…I’d at least have something to say about something. and seriously , no one bothers to look into their books ??? I understand people have managers to do things. In reality most owners check their stuff out. It just doesn’t make any sense to me. Oh, and one more thing…since ya’ll say Dan does read these, I’m sure he knows who I am. And I want to apologize for even getting into this. But it’s disgusting to me. I used to think Brooklyn Heights was the sweetest little community , that seemed like they had it together. Turns out otherwise. Sorry chef :(
Oh puleez. What I think is disgusting Simplistic is Dan’s behavior. How about an apology to all the people that are out of work or the customers that were robbed.
I feel most upset in particular for the employees that weren’t getting paid . The blatant self-serving disregard for others that seems to characterize Mr. Kaufman’s actions is revolting to me.
Sorry community :-(.
Sorry ex-employees. :-(
Um, Simplistic, you would have fired him as soon as you hired him because he had NO TALENT in the kitchen, period. In passing, hmmmm…sounds like all his other little kitty kats that wondered where Dan was when his ass was hiding and then in jail, while silly Lil Rachel paid his bail. Nobody ever mentioned Shameless. You ever here of a tell, everyone has them so it makes me wonder why you would mention Shameless, when that had to do with Boston and then Brooklyn. You would have only known all this if you were in the know. Passing, huh. Shouldn’t YOU be busy with your successful chain of restaurants? See, I still get phone calls regarding these places, while trying to start anew after having an awesome, talented staff. Pissed is where I am at now, which is mild considering what I WAS. I hope his trial is open to the public because I will be there, just glaring with the ugliest of hatred for a human that I have ever felt on a personal level. Maybe that’s how his baby’s mom felt after trying to get him to pay child support and then him bouncing the money with company checks. Wake up, silly girl in VA…he is scum. Forget BK Heights…on a parental level alone. Ah, the list is immense, but I’ll just leave it at that. “ya’ll” have a good nite, ya hear;)
you guys are such fools including you (erica) within weeks alan will reopen the wine bar with out you
Dan- Did you ever stop to think about your parents? I’m sure that they are very embarrassed by you. You have been nothing but trouble for them and I’m sure they are the talk of town in Wayland. I bet they end up moving after this scandal. I’m sure its been one big shock after another for them. The issue in college, bankruptcy in Vermont, a granddaughter they didn’t even know about, and now jail????!!!!! What a twisted web of lies you have spun. I feel really bad for your parents and sister-they are really nice people and don’t deserve to be dragged into your mess.
Insider – just out of stupid curiousity, who in their right mind do you think would want to work there after all of this?
I am sure that Kaufman’s problems will grow exponentially when some of the Boston group start giving depositions to the US Attorneys Generals office next week:It is Fraud when you misrepresent an investment and your Fraud by Deception when you misrepresent your fiscal contribution to investors. It is forgery when you sign someone else’s name to a loan agreement or vendor gaurentee. I don’t know how his parents will be able to sell the house in Wayland when Kaufman has borrowed against the Shawmutt Rd home and used it for surety for a loan, or is this just another forgery on the part of Kaufman. I am sure that Kaufman has not paid the meal tax or paid withholding taxes to the state or federal Government. Kaufman stole the tax withholding money in his Boston scams. Can anyone provide us with Kaufman’s address or cell number or the Pennsylvania registration number on his vehicle?
sure…he can open it, but not one purveyor will touch them. All of those sale people know who the owners were and they are in the hole for an obscene amount of money. Sysco $36,000; DiCarlo-$40,000 plus, another for $125,000…not to mention all the little bills of misc for $12,000 here, 10,000 there. Plus Dan never paid worker’s comp, or gave any of the W2 taxes from employees to gov’t. Oh, he also bounced checks on the DOHMH* as well as lisences, as well as sanitation as well as the SLA as well as the linens and wears people and…you get the point. NO ONE will touch them;) oh, an how’s about all the Latinos that are owed money still. Good times, kids, good times. It makes you wonder how his mom didn’t abort this abomination of a human. My condolences to his folks, I hope to the Goddess they write his ass off and not help him in any sort of way, like Rachel did. Putting her parents house up for colateral. Friend of Family…do tell, what scandal in College? I love the dirt, it makes me feel better as a person on this planet to know that these sh**ty people are real and horrendous and they didn’t even murder anyone to be that evil.
just a chef ….HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST HIS MOTHER SHOULD HAVE ABORTED HER PREGNANCY ! who the hell are you to say such a thing …maybe YOUR mother should have done the same thing ! ! ! ?
I’ve noticed some recent activity in the Busy Chef space over the past few days involving a grey-haired lawyer/accountant looking guy in a suit and a set of papers, along with an African-American gent with large sunglasses who seems to have been a fixture in and around these places for the past few months or so (I think he went by the name “Steve”). Naturally, I’d love to know the latest developments.
justachef and reckoning: Curious as to how you have such detailed info?
Because I worked there. I was in contact with all the companies because they would call me wondering what was up, because I read all the mail that was piling up to organize it to see if the was a way in hell to salvage something, as per an owner. DAY sounds like they may be burned in Boston. That’s probably how they know;) Very uncool to mention his parents street name, though.
And yep, I did say ABORTION…I really love people who are so anti and then retort pro…hilarious.
justachef…first of all i happen to be PRO-CHOICE ! let me ask , do you have children ? if so i hope there are halos around their heads and you never know a moment of worry with them . a mother’s love should be UNCONDITIONAL maybe you don’t understand that concept ! ?
JAC , what business / corp. name did he have with a southern address ? you seem to have quite a bit of dirt on him