{"id":50854,"date":"2025-11-24T21:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/50854\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T21:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:21:08","slug":"exclusive-nycs-accused-dine-and-dash-diva-pei-chung-finally-behind-bars-after-at-least-ninth-bust-for-same-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/50854\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | NYC&#8217;s accused dine-and-dash diva Pei Chung finally behind bars \u2014 after at least ninth bust for same stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Her fine-dining crime now comes with time.<\/p>\n<p>Accused\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/16\/us-news\/fake-nyc-foodie-pei-chung-is-a-serial-dine-and-dasher-cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Brooklyn serial dine-and-dash diva Pei Chung<\/a>\u00a0is finally behind bars on Rikers Island \u2014 munching on \u201cPizza Pockets\u2019\u2019 instead of Michelin-star-worthy fois gras \u2014 after a judge held her on bail for her latest alleged food filching.<\/p>\n<p>Pei Chung was finally held on bail after her latest dine-and-dash stunt \u2014 this time at trendy Mole in Brooklyn, cops said. lu.pychung\/instagram<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/18\/us-news\/nycs-accused-dine-and-dash-diva-busted-twice-again-in-24-hours-while-mocking-cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">wannabe influencer, who has been<\/a>\u00a0repeatedly busted in recent weeks for allegedly scamming top restaurants out of free meals, is being held on $4,500 cash bail in the women\u2019s quarters at the city\u2019s notorious jail by Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Jung Park after she was arrested for at least the ninth time Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Prada-loving cheapskate pulled her latest fraudulent tactic at the trendy Mole Mexican Bar and Grill at 178 Kent Ave. in Williamsburg around 3 p.m., when she ordered $149 in food and then refused to pay, according to cops.<\/p>\n<p>Chung,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/22\/us-news\/nyc-dine-and-dash-influencer-about-to-be-evicted-from-posh-williamsburg-pad-by-landlord-eliot-spitzer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">who faces eviction from her $3,350-a-month Williamsburg pad next month<\/a>, was arraigned on a theft-of-services charge Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Chung was arrested Friday when she ordered $149 in food and didn\u2019t pay from Mole Mexican Bar and Grill, cops said. Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>But she was only finally jailed when the judge set her bail at $1,500 cash or $3,000 bond for Friday\u2019s alleged crime, then tacked on another $1,500 bail for each of the two cases she was recently issued bench warrants over \u2014 after failing to show up for intake for court-ordered supervised release. Her bail now totals $4,500.<\/p>\n<p>The Michelin-star-loving menace \u2014 whose Instagram boasts that she\u2019s \u201c99 lb No plastic surgery,\u2019\u2019 with Rikers following up by describing her as \u201c5\u20194\u2033, 100 pounds. Taiwanese\u201d \u2014 hadn\u2019t posted bail as of Monday afternoon, records show.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is currently being held on $4,500 cash bail at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island, records show. lu.pychung\/instagram<\/p>\n<p>Chung \u2013 who flaunts Prada heels, Louis Vuitton handbags and Hermes belts all over Instagram \u2013 often posted about the pricey dishes on her page in addition to running a mediocre blog reviewing her meals.<\/p>\n<p>She has been known to bring her own lighting equipment and camera to record herself as a supposed influencer trying out the dishes.<\/p>\n<p>Her string of arrests extend an alleged crime spree than began in late October, when restaurants including the Michelin-starred Francie, Lavender Lake, Motorino and Peter Luger said Chung posed as a food influencer to score meals before allegedly dashing on the tabs.<\/p>\n<p>Chung, seen here at Hole in the Wall, has been arrested at least nine times. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n<p>At fancy Francie, the\u00a0fur-loving fraudster feasted Oct. 22 on such delectables as $15 foie gras, $32 carpaccio, $28 bucatini, $52 lamb, and $19 hot chocolate mousse, police and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>One of Rikers\u2019 latest menus meanwhile features such selections as \u201cPizza Pockets\u2019\u2019 with sides of \u201csteamed white cabbage, cucumber salad and chilled peaches.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Chung\u2019s latest arrest comes after she ripped off Italian restaurant Misi and Sea Thai on back-to-back days earlier this month, according to cops.<\/p>\n<p>Chung is also behind on $40,000 in monthly rent on her well-appointed studio to her landlord, disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, at 416 Kent Ave. and faces eviction Dec. 2, according to court papers.<\/p>\n<p>Chung is slated to appear in court Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Her lawyer did not immediately return a Post request for comment Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Her fine-dining crime now comes with time. 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