Paterson 5 Admit Swiping $300,000 In Checks From Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex Mailboxes
Taking plea deals from the government, five Paterson men admitted stealing $300,000 in checks from mailboxes in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex and Middlesex counties.
Some “broke into mail collection boxes using pry bars, usually late at night…then fraudulently deposited them into various bank accounts, often within a day of being stolen,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
Pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark to conspiring to commit bank fraud:
Ismael Alicea, Jr., 25;
Yerrisson Garcia-Rodriguez, 23;
Jerry Lake-Rodriguez, 25;
Brayan Ulloa-Ulloa, 24.
Johan Lake-Rodriguez, 26.
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Linden Man, 3 Others Charged In $2.5M ‘Bust Out’ Identity Theft Scam
Four men were arrested Thursday for using stolen personal information to create bogus identities as part of a scheme to defraud banks of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carepenito said.
Shahid Akhtar, 42, of Linden; Tassadiq Hussain, 70, of Sayreville; Asif Ali, 39, of Carteret; and Mohammad Mushtaq, 54, of Valley Stream, New York are each charged with one count of conspiring to defraud financial institutions. They were scheduled to appear in Newark federal court Thursday.
Authorities say the four obtained valid Social Security numbers, dates of birth, drivers licen…
