New York – Five bank tellers are accused of running an identity theft ring that targeted bank customers in the Bronx and surrounding counties.
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New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the defendants stole more than $850,000 by accessing customers’ account and Social Security numbers.
He says the defendants worked for local bank branches in the Bronx and Westchester and Orange counties.
Schneiderman says they allegedly used the stolen information to create fake drivers licenses and checks, which they used to withdrawn money at the bank branches.
The attorney general says the banks reimbursed the affected customers.
Among the New York bank branches whose customers were victims of identity theft are:
• JP Morgan Chase: 5 West Burnside Avenue, Bronx, NY
• HSBC: 1 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY
• Bank of America: 50 West Fordham Road, Bronx, NY
• Bank of America: 206 Main Street, White Plains, NY
• JP Morgan Chase: 235 Main Street, White Plains, NY
• JP Morgan Chase: 410 South Broadway, Yonkers, NY
• Bank of America: 479 North Broadway, Jericho, NY
• Wachovia (now Wells Fargo): 43 North Plank Road, Newburgh, NY
The bank tellers arrested and arraigned today worked at the following branches:
• Kalika Arline worked at the Bank of America branch at 206 Main Street in White Plains.
• Nadia Figueroa worked at the JP Morgan Chase branch, at 235 Main Street, White Plains.
• Nadia Figueroa also worked at the Wachovia branch (now a Wells Fargo bank branch), at 43 N. Plank Road, in Newburgh.
• Venise Cole worked at the TD branch, at 6176 N U.S. Highway 41, in Apollo Beach, Florida.