Suspect In Midtown ATM Counterfeit Scam At Chase Banks Arrested
The man suspected of stuffing fake bills into two Midtown ATM machines, 26-year-old Jean Carlo Pena, was arrested Monday upon his return to New York.
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The man suspected of stuffing fake bills into two Midtown ATM machines, 26-year-old Jean Carlo Pena, was arrested Monday upon his return to New York.
Authorities believe the bogus bucks were meant to trick the ATM into believing it was carrying a full complement of cash but a bank official said that the machines were able to distinguish most of the fake bills from real ones.
Identical twin brothers were behind bars Thursday night on Long Island, charged in a brazen bank robbery spree. At first police thought the same suspect was robbing and driving the getaway car, until they caught the twins together.
The problem is being called an epidemic of identity theft and credit card fraud with more than 200 victims and counting.
Police say surveillance video shows the suspect dressed as a woman on March 13 with what appears to be a badge on his waist.
Jean Coughlin, 45, was picked up by police around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday after she tried to hold up a Chase Bank on Grand Boulevard in Deer Park, according to authorities.
Authorities said a S.I. returning home from vacation, discovered that someone had opened multiple department store credit card accounts from various stores and purchased merchandise using the cards.
Police say a woman walked up to the counter, told the teller she had a gun and demanded money.
As Occupy Wall Street protesters marched and held rallies Saturday to commemorate the four week anniversary of the protests, nearly 70 protesters were arrested.
According to their website, they're planning a "Mass March on the CHASE Bank" Saturday morning followed by a "party" in Times Square.
Police are looking for Cory L. Brown, a suspect who they say tried to rob banks in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Officials say Sam Chatman was arrested Friday afternoon around 3:20 p.m. at a bus terminal in Terre Haute, Indiana after getting off a Greyhound bus.
The FBI says a serial bank robber is getting more dangerous as he ratchets up his attacks on Chase banks around New York City.
The FBI says a bank robbery suspect dubbed by investigators as the "One Glove Bandit" robbed a bank for the third time in New York City on Friday.
Police say a man walked into a Chase Bank with a handgun, walked up to a teller and demanded money.
The suspect is accused of robbing a Chase Bank at 810 7th Avenue on Monday around 2 p.m.
An FBI report filed Monday in the criminal complaint against Luis Aparicio claims he tried to rob a Chase Bank branch in Rutherford last Thursday and take a woman hostage, only to be foiled by her wig.
A few dozen protesters gathered outside the Chase Bank in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to tell people that the bank has not done enough to prevent foreclosures.
In the blink of an eye, during broad daylight, women at some Manhattan ATMs are being targeted and robbed of whatever money they've just taken out.
Police are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with an armed robbery at a Chase Bank on Hillside Avenue in Queens.
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New York City congestion pricing is facing a last-ditch effort in federal court to delay the Jan. 5 implementation new tolls in Manhattan.
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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo filed a lawsuit Thursday against a former aide, Charlotte Bennett, who alleged he sexually harassed her in 2020.
The stopgap measure will fund the government and provide tens of billions in disaster relief.
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