A fitness trainer bilked a slew of would-be Big Apple renters out of more than $100,000 total — and fleeced nearly a dozen workout customers before fleeing to Connecticut, Manhattan prosecutors claimed.

Jerry Genesis, 35, was indicted this week over the real estate scam, in which he allegedly pretended to have apartments in prime Manhattan and Brooklyn neighborhoods available for sublet, and then charged bogus move-in fees to unsuspecting victims. 

It wasn’t his first con. 

Jerry Genesis was charged with a subletter scamming scheme — almost a year after he faced charges relating to scamming his personal training clients. James Messerschmidt

Genesis, of The Bronx, was indicted in February for a refund scam tied to his personal training business, in which at least 10 victims got their wallets stretched over the course of a few months in 2023, according to court papers.

But the purported serial scammer skipped town while out on supervised release in that case — only to be arrested in Stamford, Conn. in August after a three-hour standoff with police, officials said.

Genesis was extradited to New York City and had been sweating it out in custody — when he was hit with grand larceny and fraud charges for the subleasing scheme, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.

Prosecutors allege he enticed at least eight victims to sign bogus sublease agreements, with the prospective renters ponying up move-in fees — for a total of $101,692 — that he pocketed between November 2024 and July of this year.

“Jerry Genesis took advantage of New York’s extremely competitive housing market to steal hard-earned money from eight individuals who trusted him to find them apartments,” said DA Alvin Bragg Instagream/@jerry_genesis

Genesis allegedly advertised apartments in various hot rental neighborhoods, like the East Village, Chinatown, Nolita, Chelsea and Downtown Brooklyn, claiming that he was looking for subletters to sign on to his lease, the DA’s office said.

He went so far as to arrange viewings and signed paperwork with the victims, while collecting various move-in fees ranging from $8,000 to as high as $17,200, according to prosecutors.

But none of the hopeful renters were able to successfully move into the apartments they thought they had subleased, the DA’s office said. 

One victim even showed up with his bags in hand — and found an eviction notice taped to the door.

Genesis also caught a bail jumping charge for fleeing his supervised release and failing to show up to court following a separate indictment for his personal trainer scams, the DA’s office said. Instagram/@jerry_genesis

Prosecutors said Genesis had fraudulently rented the apartments by lying about his employment and income on lease applications, and he never paid a dime for the units.

“As alleged, Jerry Genesis took advantage of New York’s extremely competitive housing market to steal hard-earned money from eight individuals who trusted him to find them apartments,” DA Alvin Bragg said in a statement.

“One of the victims had already started moving into the apartment before he realized it was a scam, leaving him without a home.”

Genesis also caught a bail jumping rap for fleeing the state and failing to show up to court following his separate indictment on grand larceny and fraud charges for the personal trainer hustle, the DA’s office said.

One Tiktok user claims that Genesis stole nearly $10,000 from her after being a fitness client of his for years. Instagram/@jerry_genesis

A Yelp page connected to Genesis boasts three reviews — all of which allege his involvement in a racket where, instead of fulfilling a promised refund for gym credits, he actually racked up thousands in charges on clients’ credit cards.

“Instead of crediting me, he used my credit card to rack up more than $22,300 in unauthorized charges which he never reversed, despite his promises,” one of the alleged victims claimed. “This is Grand Larceny, people.”

One TikTok user claimed that Genesis stole nearly $10,000 from her after being a fitness client of his for years.

“I feel ashamed that I fell for a scam, but he was someone I trusted,” she wrote on his Yelp page. “Please don’t let it happen to you.”

The DA’s office said that, this time, Genesis was ordered held without bail.