High Life: Ridgefield Park Man Charged With Spending $100G Treasury Check Stolen Out Of Teaneck

A Ridgefield Park man intercepted a $100,000 U.S. Treasury check that was headed to a beneficiary in Teaneck, then spent the money on himself, authorities charged.

Jerry DeMarco

10/24/2023 6:30 p.m.

Tyler N. Thomas, 27, “created a fictitious LLC and opened a bank account to deposit the check for his own benefit,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

He then “withdrew funds and made several purchases prior to the detection of the fraud,” Musella said.

Thomas (also known as Tyler D. Rodriguez) surrendered himself on Oct. 10 amid a joint investigation by members of Musella’s Financial Crime Unit and Teaneck police, the prosecutor said.

He was charged with theft, theft by deception, and money laundering and sent to the Bergen County Jail.

A judge in Hackensack the very next day released Thomas pending trial.

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