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A borough victim reported a $1,000 check that she’d mailed at the Radburn Post Office on Abbott Road was fraudulently cashed into another account, Sgt. Brian Metzler said.
Detective Paul Donohue investigated and arrested Kilver Paulino, 19 of Paterson.
Paulino admitted he cashed the check, withdrew the money after the check cleared and kept $350, Metzler said.
He said he gave the rest of the money to an unidentified person, the sergeant said.
Paulino was released after being charged with theft by deception.
The investigation, meanwhile, was continuing.
Donohue has made investigating the thefts something of a specialty.
SEE: A Fair Lawn detective continues to bust people cashing checks stolen from a local post office drop box.
The U.S. Postal Service, meanwhile, has been replacing the older boxes with a newer, theft-proof model.
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