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By Joyce Farrell

July 18, 2024 – Fraud
A worker at a local grocery store notified police that on July 12, an unknown party, described as a Hispanic female, used a counterfeit $100 bill to purchase items at the store. The complainant reported that the unknown female returned with another Hispanic female on July 13. Each of the women again used counterfeit $100 bills to make purchases for items totaling under $10 and received change. The suspects were traveling in an older model Jeep Grand Cherokee. The store was notified that the $100 bills were counterfeit by Chase Bank; the currency had been flagged during nightly deposits. The same two suspects had been observed on the same dates passing counterfeit $100 at Eastchester, Larchmont, and Armonk locations of the same store. The investigation is ongoing.

July 12, 2024 – Fraud
A complainant reported to police headquarters that an unknown person opened an account at Hudson Valley Credit Union using his name, Social Security number, and driver’s license number. The account had been opened sometime in April, but the complainant only discovered it on July 11 when he was going through his mail. The unknown person had deposited and withdrew $5,941.00 from the account. The complainant also stated that none of his own money had been used. The complainant had already reported the fraud to the bank’s fraud department but reported it to the police to document the incident. He was advised to continue to monitor his personal information.

July 10, 2024 – Larceny
A police officer on patrol observed a suspect, described as a Black male wearing a light-colored shirt and red pants, tampering with a mailbox on Fifth Avenue. When the suspect noticed the police officer, he ran back into his vehicle, a BMW, and sped off. The driver went eastbound on First Street and then left onto Third Avenue going northbound. The driver ultimately made a left onto the First Avenue exit ramp of the Hutchinson River Parkway driving southbound in the northbound lane of the parkway, where the officer lost sight of the vehicle. The officer returned to the mailbox and found two letters sticking out of the mailbox. He reported the incident and the wrong-way driver to Westchester RTC (Real Time Crime). It was able to provide a photo and the license plate of the vehicle, which was found to be a suspended BMW 3. RTC added LPR (License Plate Recognition) alerts to the vehicle. The detective division was notified.

July 4, 2024 – Fraud
A police officer responded to a call from a citizen regarding fraud. Upon arrival at her home, the officer was told that her bank had notified her of fraudulent activity on her checking account. Another account had been opened under the name Adv Safe Business Banking, and $95,000.00 had been transferred from her account to this new account. The victim spoke with a credit solutions advisor from the San Francisco branch of her bank who told her that the person who opened the account listed the victim as a cosigner on the account. The victim denies ever doing this. The victim wanted the police report generated for documentation and will be following up with the bank’s Fraud Claim Department.