NYC Man Accused of Stealing $11K in Text Message Scam to Dead Man's Sister in Ireland

A man is accused of stealing $11,000 from a woman in Ireland by using her dead brother’s cell phone – successfully convincing her that he was her sibling only to then repeatedly request she send him money in April 2019, the Queens District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Frederick Gilbert, 53 and of Middle Village, Queens, has been charged with grand…