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Police Department In Northern Westchester Investigating Separate Scams In Matter Of Days Police Department In Northern Westchester Investigating Separate Scams In Matter Of Days
Police Department In Northern Westchester Investigating Separate Scams In Matter Of Days Police in Northern Westchester are investigating three scams that came to the department's attention within a matter of days. The incidents took place in Croton-on-Hudson beginning on Thursday, Aug. 18 with the last being reported on Monday, Aug. 22. During the first incident, a resident reported receiving multiple FedEx notices in the mail from what appeared to be her mortgage company requesting her banking information, the department reported. The woman contacted her mortgage company, who said that they did not request such information. The resident did not provide her information but wa…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley Man Nabbed Trying To Obtain Fake Debit Card, Police Say Hudson Valley Man Nabbed Trying To Obtain Fake Debit Card, Police Say
Hudson Valley Man Nabbed Trying To Obtain Fake Debit Card, Police Say A Hudson Valley man has been charged with attempting to fraudulently obtain a debit card in Fairfield County while impersonating the real account holder. The incident took place in Westport on Thursday, June 30 at the TD Bank located at 185 Main St. Officers responded to the bank on a report that a man was attempting to receive a debit card by impersonating the real account holder, said Lt. David Wolf, of the Westport Police. The suspect was still in the bank when officers arrived. He said his name was Edward Tucker and presented a Pennsylvania driver's license with that name, Wolf said. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
New Alert Issued After ATM At Bank In Northern Westchester Compromised By Skimmer, Police Say New Alert Issued After ATM At Bank In Northern Westchester Compromised By Skimmer, Police Say
New Alert Issued After ATM At Bank In Northern Westchester Compromised By Skimmer, Police Say A police department in Northern Westchester has issued an alert after a new skimming device was found at the same bank that was targeted earlier this year. In Croton-on-Hudson, police are advising that an additional ATM skimmer was located at the Wells Fargo branch on Maple Street on Thursday, April 21. In mid-March, an investigation was launched at the bank branch after receiving multiple complaints from bank-goers at Wells Fargo, Croton Police Chief John Nikitopoulos said. The investigation found that an ATM inside the branch was compromised by a skimming device Original story - …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
ATM At Bank In Northern Westchester Compromised By Skimmer, Police Say ATM At Bank In Northern Westchester Compromised By Skimmer, Police Say
ATM At Bank In Northern Westchester Compromised By Skimmer, Police Say Patrons at a bank branch in Northern Westchester are being advised to check their account balances after a skimming device was located in an ATM. In Croton-on-Hudson, the local law enforcement officials launched an investigation after receiving multiple complaints over the past several days from bank-goers at the Wells Fargo location on Maple Street, Croton Police Chief John Nikitopoulos said. The investigation found that an ATM inside the branch was compromised by a skimming device as of Thursday, March 17. Anyone who may have used the ATM between March 17 and Wednesday, March 23 has been…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Don Jr. Leaves NY As City Cancels Trump Organization Contracts, PGA, Corporate America Cut Ties Don Jr. Leaves NY As City Cancels Trump Organization Contracts, PGA, Corporate America Cut Ties
Don Jr. Leaves NY As City Cancels Trump Organization Contracts, PGA, Corporate America Cut Ties Donald Trump Jr. has become the latest member of the First Family to flee New York amid more fallout tied to the circumstances surrounding his father's unprecedented second impeachment. According to reports, Trump Jr. is following in the footsteps of his sister, Ivanka, who already left New York to establish residence in Florida. The move comes as the PGA moved the 2022 championship from the Trump golf course in Bedminister, New Jersey, and corporate America began severing all ties with the much-maligned president. Reports stated that Trump Jr. is looking at homes in Jupiter, Florida, less…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Man Sentenced For Attempted Armed Bank Robbery Westchester Man Sentenced For Attempted Armed Bank Robbery
Westchester Man Sentenced For Attempted Armed Bank Robbery A 52-year-old Westchester man has been sentenced for his attempted robbery of an area bank last year. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced that Henry Nieves, of New Rochelle, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree attempted robbery last year for robbing a bank in Yonkers and being apprehended when he returned to the scene of the crime. Investigators from the Yonkers Police Department responded to Wells Fargo on South Broadway in Yonkers at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22 last year, where…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspect Apprehended After Returning To Scene Of Armed Bank Robbery In Westchester, Police Say Suspect Apprehended After Returning To Scene Of Armed Bank Robbery In Westchester, Police Say
Suspect Apprehended After Returning To Scene Of Armed Bank Robbery In Westchester, Police Say A 51-year-old Westchester man was taken into police custody after returning to the scene of the crime of an alleged bank robbery, police said. Investigators from the Yonkers Police Department responded to Wells Fargo on South Broadway in Yonkers at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, where there was a report of an armed robbery. Police said that officers met with staff at the bank, who stated that a Hispanic man dressed in hospital scrubs and no shoes approached a teller with a knife, demanding money. He was handed more than $2,700 in cash and proceeded to flee the area, promptin…

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by Zak Failla
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Former Teller Sentenced For Participating In Violent Bank Robbery In Westchester Former Teller Sentenced For Participating In Violent Bank Robbery In Westchester
Former Teller Sentenced For Participating In Violent Bank Robbery In Westchester A former bank teller in Westchester has been sentenced for her participation in an armed robbery that netted more than $300,000 and a vacation to Aruba. Virginia Blanco has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for participating in the robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank branch on Odel Avenue in Yonkers in October 2013 that included several rounds being fired during the exchange. She must also pay $303,500 in restitution. Blanco had been found guilty by a jury of conspiracy, bank robbery, and a firearm offense in July last year following a four-day trial in White Plains federal court, U.S. At…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Wells Fargo To Pay States $575M To Resolve Customer Ripoff Claims: NJ, NY, CT Get $34M Wells Fargo To Pay States $575M To Resolve Customer Ripoff Claims: NJ, NY, CT Get $34M
Wells Fargo To Pay States $575M To Resolve Customer Ripoff Claims: NJ, NY, CT Get $34M Wells Fargo Bank has agreed to pay $575 million – including more than $34 million combined to New Jersey, New York and Connecticut – to settle charges that it engaged in a variety of sales, lending, and other improper business practices for more than a decade. The bank also has agreed to pay more than $385 million to 850,000 auto finance customers who were wrongly charged premiums, interest, and fees for forced-place collateral protection insurance, even though they already had the coverage. That includes payments to more than 51,000 customers whose cars were repossessed, according to the m…

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by Jerry DeMarco