Former broker to the stars turned jailbird is in trouble again: There’s a warrant out for his arrest for fraud and allegedly impersonating an NYPD cop turned stripper, Steve Stanulis.
Giacchetto, who served three years of a nearly five-year sentence for bilking clients such as Ben Affleck, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire out of $10 million, is accused of “access device fraud” and wire fraud, under the alias Stanulis, Page Six has exclusively learned.
Giacchetto will turn himself in to authorities in downtown Manhattan today, his attorney Ronald P. Fischetti confirmed.
Stanulis — a former NYPD officer turned stripper who left the force in 2001, went on to appear in the off-Broadway show “Stripped the Play” and just wrapped the movie “Sam” by Mel Brooks’ son Nicholas Brooks — said he has known Giachetto since 1999, when the former money manager spotted him performing at Chippendales and hired him to run security for DiCaprio.
But Stanulis had no idea why or how Giacchetto allegedly used his identity. He told Page Six: “Dana called me last week and said, ‘We might have a problem,’ and that there is an arrest warrant out in his name and mine. I know I didn’t do anything, so I made some calls and was told that he tried to use my name for ‘something significant’ in the last few months. But Dana couldn’t offer any explanation,” Stanulis said.
Stanulis, who is currently penning an autobiography, “Sex & the Shield,” continued: “Dana said he is turning himself in, and I should go with him for support, because ‘there’s going to be a lot of cameras there.’ I refused, I don’t need that kind of publicity.”
Fischetti said Giacchetto would turn himself in at the US District Court at 500 Pearl St. on Thursday on the device-fraud and wire-fraud charges. The lawyer added: “We only have the warrant and the complaint is sealed, so I have no further details as yet. Dana served his time, finished his probation and is now a father of two children.”
