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$127M Scheme: Business Owner From Chestnut Ridge Admits To Being Major Figure In Scam, Feds Say
A marketing company owner from Rockland County admitted in federal court that he was a major figure in scamming Medicare, TRICARE, and other benefit programs out of $127 million.
Eric Karlewicz, age 44, of Chestnut Ridge, participated in a “circular scheme of kickbacks and bribes” with doctors, durable medical equipment businesses, and telemedicine companies to pull off the massive con, US Attorney Vikas Khanna said.
Karlewicz – also known as Anthony Mazza -- used his considerable cut from $63.8 million in payoffs to buy himself a fleet of luxury vehicles that included a Ferrari, a Lamborgh…
Serial Bank Robber Busted Targeting Fairfax County Wells Fargo Branch, Police Say
It took members of the Fairfax County Police Department just hours to identify and locate a wanted Mercedes-Benz-driving bank robbery suspect from Maryland.
Zachary Allen Hunter, 37, has been implicated in multiple bank robberies in the National Capital Region, according to members of the Fairfax County Police Department, who announced his arrest on Thursday, Dec. 29.
According to police, shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28, Hunter entered the Wells Fargo Bank branch on North Point Village Center in Reston, where he implied he had a firearm and passed a note to a teller demandi…
Report: NY Woman, 62, Attempted To Steal $155K From Victim’s Bank Account In Northampton County
A 62-year-old woman was arrested after attempting to make two withdrawals totaling more than $150,000 in another person’s name from a Northampton County bank, reports say.
Rochel Cruz, of the Bronx, is accused of filling out a withdrawal slip totaling $55,000 using another person’s information at the Wells Fargo Bank on Schoenersville Road last Friday, LehighValleyLive reports citing court records.
Cruz then returned to the same bank and asked for a cashier’s check made out to $100,000 cash, the report says.
Cruz had a deposit slip and a fraudulent New Jersey driver’s license when pol…
Long Island Man Released Under NY's Bail Reform Nabbed After Four Bank Robberies, Police Say
A Long Island man accused of committing four bank robberies who was on the run after being released under New York’s new bail reform laws has been apprehended, police say.
Romell Nellis, 40, of Long Beach Road in Hempstead, has been charged with robbery and a variety of other offenses, Nassau County Police announced on Wednesday, Feb. 12.
Nellis, who police say had an open Nassau County warrant for two counts of third-degree robbery and two counts of third-degree grand larceny, was also charged with two counts of third-degree robbery.
In addition, he had an open warran…
Long Island Man Released Under NY's New Bail Reform Commits Third Bank Robbery, Police Say
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Romell Nellis, 40, of Long Beach Road in Hempstead, has been charged with robbery and a variety of other offenses, Nassau County Police announced on Wednesday, Feb. 12.
Nellis, who police say had an open Nassau County warrant for two counts of third-degree robbery and two counts of third-degree grand larceny, was also charged with two counts of third-degree robbery.
In addition, he had an open warrant for a violation of probation for cutting off his electr…
Police Say Scammers Tried To Open Fake Bank Accounts In Greenwich
Greenwich Police busted two New York City men for trying to open a fake bank account at the Wells Fargo Bank on Glenville Road, according to Greenwich Police.
Ahmad Penn, 57, and Larry Gattling, 28, were arrested Monday, Jan. 29 after bank officials call police around 4: p.m. about a suspicious person, police said.
Police said that Penn used a fake Massachusetts driver's license and a fake credit card to open the account and then try and withdrew $3,000. Gattling drove Penn to the bank and was in the parking lot.
Both were charged with identity theft, forgery, criminal impersonation and c…
