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Prosecutor: Newark Man Used Bogus UK License, Passport To Wire Himself $135K At Summit Bank
A Newark man was charged with fraud after stealing $135,000 in the form of two cashier's checks from a Summit bank, authorities said Tuesday.
Summit police opened an investigation at the Chase Bank on Summit Avenue after a man later identified as 25-year-old Warris Adenuga fraudulently wired $150,000 to a business under his control from a bank in Florida, Union County Assistant Prosecutor Melissa Spagnoli said.
During a pair of transactions at the Summit bank the next day, Adenuga received cashier’s checks in the amount of $100,000 and $20,000, along with $15,000 in cash, said Spagnoli…
