Alleged ringleader of Bolaris nightclub scam nabbed in Florida
John Bolaris is thrilled over the FBI arrest of Alec Simchuk, the Florida nightclub owner and alleged mastermind of the Eastern European crime syndicate that fleeced him for $43K in Miami in 2010.
Alleged ringleader of Bolaris nightclub scam nabbed in Florida
Dan Gross
John Bolaris is thrilled that the FBI apprehended Alec Simchuk on Thursday at Miami International Airport.
Simchuk had been in Latvia when authorities came to arrest him and was nabbed after flying to Florida from his native country last week.
Former Fox 29 meteorologist Bolaris is due Oct. 9 in federal court in Miami to testify against several figures in the criminal organization behind the club scams. "Ive been waiting a long time for this," he told us Monday afternoon of Simchuk's arrest. "Life's been hell for two years and I can't wait for justice to finally be served," he said.
Asked to elaborate on his life being hell, Bolaris said "I haven't worked in seven months, my credibility and credit are hurting and I have become more of a cartoon than a chief meteorologist."
Heavy.
Bolaris is hoping to find work in Philadelphia so he can be close to his daughter.
They are bringing HAPPY THE CLOWN Back to bolaris's old channel. He will be the new Happy the Clown. He will be a great fill in for the originial. He drinks like a fish and is a moran. The weather will be more entertaining now.— rduexpress- Partly groggy, with a chance of crying!!!— huntnmike3666
- "....and I have become more of a cartoon than a chief meteorolgist". Don't kid yourself, John, you have always been a cartoon. And bar hopping creepy one to boot....— kelprod2
- Excellent!— NICOT
- John, even as a totally innocent victim, you are still a schmuck, a putz, and a loser.— orange rhino
- How can he complain that he has become a Bozo when he voluntarily went onto national TV and in Playboy magazine to almost brag about it? As Bugs Bunny would say, "What a Maroon."— Palestra Jon
- I'm Crying.
— king123 - @orangerhino: While I agree with you about Bolaris, you have to admit if this happened to some random single female weathercaster, people would have wanted those eastern Europeans under the jail. Whatever we think of the schmuck, he was the victim of a felony.— drbob1
...I love how Dan thinks he wouldn't have fallen for the exact same scam...- Boo hoo, let a smile be your umbrella. Shine on, Hurrican Schwartz!— Zindorf
- Good luck getting your credibility, credit score and $43,000 back, JB. Somehow, being out of work for seven months no longer connotes the rank of chief. We have enough common connections that I've heard about your treatment of women from several reliable sources. "Do shot, John, do shot. Then come to room. We have party." IMHO, justice has already been served.— Paulo
- Where can I hook up with the chicks Bolaris was hanging with. I dig Russian babes.— johnny rotten
- Alec Simchuk looks like he was the stuntman for Shrek.— BillMcG
- Filthy eastern Europeans doing what they do best _____crime.— snad264
- so the guy likes to get laid, is that a crime?
most of you are just jealous of his action!— seeker58 - Cry me a freaking river, Johnny Boy. From what I recall you went out with one/both of them again. You were the last to see the cartoon you've been for years. Little dude chasing 'tang day and night. What went around came around, imho.— PhillySubsMac
- John if you're looking for work in Philly, UPS is hiring. No one wants you on tv around here and your old homie/boss at Fox29 is long gone. don't let the door knob hit ya on the way out.— Tyrone Biggums
- If Bolaris had any integrity and wasn't such a man ho he wouldn't have found himself a victim of this group. Just saying.— Fly Guy
- John Bolaris has been livin the life, stop hating yall, yall wish you could be in his shoes. He's not married, not committing any crimes, so what if he lives a bachelor lifestyle?— Eman84
- Hey, if two hot Eastern European Broads tell you to "Do Shot", you do the freakin' shot. Any of you guys who claim you wouldn't are liars or Phegs. Way to go Johnny! Belly up to the bar and make it a double!— TexKolb
- Dan, the expression is "thinking with the WRONG head". ;-)— catharine_christian_carpenter
- or substitute "brain" for "head" - the brain is a organ the head is not. — ganjoka
- See, it would be a non PC cartoon in this day and age, but those of us who remember the 60's would have told you that they learned from the moose and the squirrel never to trust Natasha.— drbob1
- No station in Philly would hire this guy given his track record; he is a liability!— The Baron
- @Drbob--We are saying the same thing, I believe. A nuclear scientist can be a felony victim; so can a schmuck. Bolaris is no nuclear scientist.— orange rhino
- K-mart hiring— Happyface
- There is a TV station in London, or at least there used to be, where they had a topless weather girl first strip off her blouse, and then throw some darts while she gave the weather forecast at midnight. Maybe JB could apply there?— Jacob
- I heard JB asked the 2 babes if they wanted to see his super doppler.— poochdini
- Something alienating about his smile. . . .— orange rhino
- Two thoughts come to mind. When it rains it pours. He did not have enough sense to come in out of the rain.— joedog
