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Gang that stole checks from mailboxes in Newark dismantled – Telemundo New York (47)

A dozen suspected of stealing checks from USPS mailboxes in Newark are under arrest following an investigation by the United States Attorney’s Office for New Jersey. The detainees altered the checks and then deposited them in accounts they controlled, according to the investigation.

Among the gang’s victims is a network of non-profit charter public schools. At least four people, who had written checks for routine expenses such as taxes, phone bills and utility bills, were also victims of the criminal group.

The checks, generally for small amounts, were manipulated and exchanged for five-figure amounts payable to one of the suspects. The money was then deposited into one of his accounts and withdrawn through an ATM or moved to another account, according to prosecutors.

In one case, a victim wrote a check for $ 34.49 to a utility company. After it was stolen from a mailbox, the name of the beneficiary’s line was changed and the amount was changed to $ 14,050, according to the collection document.

The checks were stolen overnight throughout 2018 and 2019.

The group faces charges of conspiracy to bank fraud, conspiracy to receive and possess stolen mail and conspiracy to possess and receive altered interstate securities.

Subjects were identified as:

Aaron Llody Northern, 28, of Reisterstown, Maryland.

Corey Bond, 27, of Manhattan.

Tyrell Baker, 23, of The Bronx, New York.

Andre Tyrone Wallace, 31, of The Bronx, New York.

Michellian Thompson, 34, of The Bronx, New York.

Achiel Morgan, 22, of The Bronx, New York

Quinton Sessions, 27, of The Bronx, New York.

Brian Adjavon, 30, of The Bronx, New York.

Dashawn Danforth, 31, of Staten Island, New York.

Simone Cordero, 29, of The Bronx, New York.

Stephanie Lee Sanchez, 25, of Manhattan

Hans Pierre, 32 years old, resident of Brooklyn, New York.

Northern, Sessions, Adjavon, Danforth and Pierre were also charged with conspiracy to launder money. Northern and Cordero face one charge of aggravated identity theft.

The group is connected to each other on social media, according to court documents.

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