In the early 2000s and 2010s, a group of former exotic dancers and adult entertainment workers banded together to scam wealthy regulars in New York City strip clubs. But their scheme didn't work forever.
In 2019, Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu starred in Hustlers , a film about a crew of former exotic dancers and adult entertainment workers scheming to scam men out of thousands of dollars. But the film was actually based on the true story of a group of women who ran a very similar criminal enterprise during the 2000s and early 2010s.
Roselyn Keo and Samantha Barbash were real women who built a successful scheme based on tricking wealthy men into spending thousands at New York City strip clubs, including a venue called Scores in Chelsea.
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