Cops say an accused Florida con artist was way out of bounds when he claimed he was Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard’s brother and rang up a whopping $56,000 hotel bill.
WSVN reports that Solomon Shlomo Azari, 24, was arrested Sunday in Miami Beach at the chic 1 Hotel South Beach.
Azari was also allegedly nabbed with cocaine tucked in his pocket. He faces charges of possession, organized scheme to defraud, identity fraud and grand theft.
The Quebec-born 25-year-old Bouchard calls the hotel home base when she’s not competing.
Cops say Azari posed as her brother for about two months, using her account for dining at Habitat restaurant and boozing on the rooftop bar.
Bouchard told detectives she does not know Azari and he did not have her permission to ring up the bill.
Bouchard is currently preparing for the U.S. Open in New York.
In recent years, she has become better-known for her bikini-packed Instagram page and modelling than her tennis game.
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