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Black Market Brothers: Alleged Long Island Catalytic Converter Traffickers Indicted
Two brothers have been charged with an 81-count indictment for supposedly trafficking stolen catalytic converters from other states and selling the precious metals inside of them, authorities announced.
On Friday, May 12, Long Beach brothers Alan and Andrew Pawelsky, aged 28 and 25, respectively, were charged for their involvement in trafficking catalytic converters on the black market, opening them up, and making millions off of the precious metals inside, according to the Nassau County District Attorney.
According to the charges against them, the scheme lasted from June 2021 to December…
Long Island Raids Net Thousands Of Stolen Catalytic Converters, $4 Million In Cash, Police Say
Police on Long Island seized thousands of stolen catalytic converters and more than $4 million in cash during a raid that followed a months-long investigation.
The raids took place before dawn in Nassau County at the homes and scrapyards of two brothers in Long Beach on Wednesday, Dec. 14, said Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder at a news conference.
During the raids, the homes of Andrew Pawelsky, age 24, and his brother, Alan Pawelsky, age 20, both of Long Beach were searched where police seized $3.9 million in cash from Alan Pawelsky’s home, some $100,000 from Andre…
