Response To Fight In Stamford Leads To Discovery Of Stolen Checks, ID Theft Charges For Duo
A response to a fight that broke out in Stamford led to the discovery of checks likely stolen from mailboxes and corporate buildings, Stamford Police said.
Patrol units were sent to Summer Street at Sixth Street on a report of two people fighting on Thursday, Dec. 27.
The responding officers located Darren Crenshaw, 31, and Deshawn Johnson, 27.
Both live in Atlanta, Stamford Police said.
During the course of the investigation, officers recovered several fraudulent identifications, personal and business checks, ledgers, and notebooks which contained victim’s information (name, …
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Prosecutor: Paramus Lawyer Pocketed Client's $275,000, Lied To Detectives
PARAMUS, N.J. – A Paramus attorney pocketed $275,000 of a client’s money for himself, then lied about it to investigators, said authorities who arrested him.
Paul A. Dykstra, 69, banked the funds from a property sale instead of forwarding them to the client, “then used them for his own purposes,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said.
“In an effort to hinder the investigation, [Dykstra] provided the client and detectives with false information regarding the transaction and disbursement of funds due,” the prosecutor said.
Dykstra was charged with misapplication of entrusted fund…
Woodcliff Lake Financial Advisor Charged With Fleecing $1M From Elderly Duo
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- A Woodcliff Lake financial fleeced two elderly victims of more than $1 million, said authorities who arrested him on theft by deception charges.
Jeffrey Palish, 64, first “failed to make payments on a $100,000 loan that he had received from two elderly clients, a loan which he had failed to disclose to the financial institution at which he was employed,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Thursday.
“An investigation revealed that, during a four-year period, [Palish] received in excess of $600,000 from the clients,” Calo said.
“The funds were obtained t…
Greenwich Man Loses $600K After Getting Fake Email From Attorney
GREENWICH, Conn. — A Greenwich man was scammed out of $600,000 by someone he thought was his attorney closing on a real estate deal, according to Greenwich Patch.
Police told Greenwich Patch that the man was preparing to close on a real estate deal when he received an email on Friday, Dec. 29, asking him to wire funds to California. Thinking that the email was from his attorney, the Greenwich man authorized the wire transfer, Greenwich Patch reported.
Shortly afterwards, the man discovered that his attorney's email had been compromised, and that the funds had not been sent to the attorney, …
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