Pennsylvania Victims' Stolen Funds Routed Through Islip Coinbase Account: Police
A Long Island man is accused of taking thousands of dollars stolen from two Pennsylvania residents in a phone scam scheme, police announced on Monday, June 1.
Chancellor McKee, 22, of Islip, was arrested after an investigation into unauthorized transfers from two victims' bank accounts, according to Suffolk County Police.
The Pennsylvania residents had $2,500 and $4,500 separately removed from their accounts and transferred into a Coinbase cryptocurrency account belonging to McKee on Nov. 12, 2025, investigators said.
Police said the victims had fallen for a phone scam before the money w…
DC Woman Blew Elderly Maryland Grandpa’s $266K+ Savings On Luxury Life, Police Say
A DC woman is accused of draining her 95-year-old grandfather’s life savings so she could bankroll a luxury lifestyle, police in Maryland say.
Erica Hopper, 45, was granted Power of Attorney for her then-90-year-old grandfather in December 2020; but instead of protecting his finances, detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police say she used his money to splurge on herself.
Now she is facing prison time.
From November 2021 through June 2025, investigators say Hopper made more than $266,000 in unauthorized purchases — including over $25,000 in car payments, more than $49,000 i…
Stacks Of Cash Stuffed In Suitcases Seized At Dulles, Traveler Loses Global Entry: CBP
Holiday travelers were reminded of federal cash reporting laws after more than $111,000 in unreported currency was seized at Dulles International Airport this month, officials said.
During August, US Customs and Border Protection officers at the Sterling airport stopped multiple travelers carrying undeclared stacks of cash that far exceeded the $10,000 federal reporting threshold, CBP announced Friday, Aug. 29.
The biggest bust came on Saturday, Aug. 2, when officers seized $77,135 from a Global Entry trusted traveler headed to Lome, Togo.
In that instance, the traveler’s Global Entr…
Nypd Officer Steals $87K From Elderly Bank Clients In Rye For BMW, Aruba Trip: DA
An NYPD officer who previously worked at a Westchester bank has been charged in a sweeping financial crimes case accusing him of stealing over $85,000 from elderly customers and using the funds to pay for personal expenses—including a Caribbean vacation, luxury car payments, and fitness program subscriptions.
Yeison Rodriguez Acosta, age 27, of Manhattan, was arraigned Thursday, July 17, in Rye City Court on a 30-count felony complaint stemming from a months-long investigation by the City of Rye Police Department and the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, both agencies announced.…
Home Health Aide Steals From Ex-Patient At Oakdale Rehab Center, Police Say
A former home health care worker is accused of stealing and using the debit card of an elderly former patient on Long Island.
Lexus Stewart, 28, of Wyandanch, was arrested Wednesday, June 25, following an investigation by the Suffolk County Police Department’s Financial Crimes Unit.
Investigators determined that Stewart had worked as a home health aide for an 82-year-old Bethpage woman before the woman was admitted to a rehabilitation center in Oakdale, police said.
On Monday, May 12, Stewart visited the woman at the center, stole her debit card, and withdrew $500 from her account, accord…
20 Indicted In Fentanyl, Heroin Ring That Fueled Drug Use Across North Jersey: AG
Twenty people have been indicted in the sweeping takedown of opioid mills that fueled drug distribution across North Jersey, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Wednesday, March 5.
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The indictment, handed down by a state grand jury, includes 53 charges ranging from racketeering and drug trafficking to weapons offenses and financial crimes. Authorities say the suspects were part of the Rodriguez, Sanchez, and Gutierrez Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), which operated from A…
Bergen County Bank Manager Steals $70K From Employer: Prosecutor
A Belleville woman has been charged with theft by deception after authorities say she stole over $70,000 from her Bergen County bank, including funds from a customer’s account.
Amira T. White, 43, was arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 8, following a months-long investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Financial Crimes Unit, under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
The investigation began in March 2024, when authorities were contacted about alleged thefts at a Bergen County bank. Prosecutors allege that White, a bank manager, stole $54,6…
Roommate, Boyfriend Of Weymouth Woman Found Slain Charged With Financial Crimes: Police
The roommate of a woman found slain in Weymouth on Monday, April 1, and her boyfriend have been arrested on financial crimes police discovered while investigating the killing, authorities said.
Kelly Shaw, age 44, and her boyfriend John “Jack” Harper, 45, will be arraigned Thursday, April 4, on charges of theft valued over $1,200, uttering forged checks, and other offenses, authorities said.
They have not been charged with homicide, authorities reiterated.
Christine Ruth Mello, who lived on Lake Street, had been reported missing before her body was recovered at her home, …
Diamond District Operators From NJ, Long Island Busted In $673M Money Laundering Scheme: Feds
Four businessmen from New Jersey and one from Long Island laundered millions of dollars a day in cash through fronts they set up in New York City’s Diamond District, federal authorities charged.
Federal agents tied the quintet to $673 million in dirty money laundered through the illicit operations over the past four years, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said.
In exchange, Raj Vaidya, 26; Rakesh Vaidya, 51; Shrey Vaidya, 23; and Neel Patel, 26, all of Edison; and Youssef Janfar, aka “Joe Rodeo,” 57, of Great Neck, NY collected sizable fees, he said.
The three Vaidyas and P…
3 Women Stole $71K From Morris County Atlantic Health Using Bogus Timecard Scheme: Prosecutor
A former Atlantic Health System employee and two other women were arrested after concocting a scheme involving bogus time cards that resulted in the theft of more than $71,000, authorities in Morris County announced.
Jessica Addison, 39, and Kaleigh Kalb, 21, of Chester, as well as Isabella Valentine, 21, of Mendham Township, were charged with theft and conspiracy to commit theft, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a joint release.
The investigation began in November 2021, when authorities were tipped off to a “suspected employee theft of payroll funds” out of the Morris Pla…
Hackensack Teacher From Oradell Charged With Pocketing $300,000 In Ponzi Scheme
A Hackensack schoolteacher from Oradell ran a Ponzi scheme that fleeced investors of $300,000 that she used for herself, authorities announced Monday.
Suzette Hart, 54, “solicited multiple investors for various high-yield, well-known investment opportunities knowing that the investments were fraudulent” over a five-year period, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Hart, who most recently taught at Hackensack’s Fairmount School, then “disbursed money from one investor to other investors, which reinforced the deception that the investor’s money had been properly invested and was produc…
Bergen Pair Charged With Laundering $5.7 Million
The owners of several businesses in Leonia and Palisades Park laundered $5.7 million to avoid paying taxes on it, said authorities who busted them.
Guatemalan nationals Juan Quevedo-Garcia, 40, and Magda Quevedo-Garcia, 35, were booked into the Bergen County Jail on Thursday and ordered released by a judge hours later, records show.
Both are scheduled for first appearances Monday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.
Juan Quevedo-Garcia, of Fairview, owns commercial framing and excavation businesses in Palisades Park, while Magda Quevedo-Garcia, of Palisades Park, owns and op…
