Feds: $250,000 In Mailed NJ Checks, Money Orders Stolen, Cashed By NYC Crew
More than $250,000 worth of checks and money orders were stolen from post office mailboxes in North Jersey by a group of thieves from the Bronx who quickly converted them to cash, federal authorities said.
Crew members operated for nearly 14 months, stealing checks and money orders from the mail, altering them, depositing them into bank accounts and withdrawing the proceeds before the victims discovered the fraud. U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
Jose Lopez Blanco, 22, got them access to the mailboxes with a U.S. Postal Service master key, Carpenito said.
Law enforcement officers watche…
NJ Drug Bust: Seven Guns, 23 Arrests, Heroin, Coke, Pot, $360,000 Cash
Crime fighters seized seven handguns, more than two pounds of heroin, a pound or so of cocaine and $360,000 in drug money while arresting 23 people in Hudson and Union counties, authorities said Wednesday.
More than 200 law enforcement officers executed search warrants of residence and vehicles in Roselle Park, Elizabeth and Jersey City, where the seven handguns were seized at 2 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
They also seized prescription Xanax and Oxycontin pills, hollow-point bullets, a bulletproof vest, extended/prohibited magazines, handcuffs, firearm holsters a…
