
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 5, 1994                   TAG: 9403050135
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: associated press
DATELINE: NEW HAVEN, CONN.                                LENGTH: Short

MAN CONVICTED IN CON OF HIS NINTH WIFE

A man that police call a career con artist pleaded guilty to scamming his ninth wife and her brother-in-law out of more than $140,000.

Harold Kaplan, 55, who used the alias Hal Lansky, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree larceny and one count each of second-degree larceny and second-degree forgery. Under a plea agreement, he will be sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison. He also will be required to serve five years probation and repay his victims.

Lindy Gold, who married Kaplan in August 1991 and had the marriage annulled five months later, said, "He's very good at what he does." - Associated Press

by CNB