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Paterson 5 Admit Swiping $300,000 In Checks From Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex Mailboxes
Taking plea deals from the government, five Paterson men admitted stealing $300,000 in checks from mailboxes in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex and Middlesex counties.
Some “broke into mail collection boxes using pry bars, usually late at night…then fraudulently deposited them into various bank accounts, often within a day of being stolen,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
Pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark to conspiring to commit bank fraud:
Ismael Alicea, Jr., 25;
Yerrisson Garcia-Rodriguez, 23;
Jerry Lake-Rodriguez, 25;
Brayan Ulloa-Ulloa, 24.
Johan Lake-Rodriguez, 26.
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