Westchester County police arrested five suspects for running a shopping scheme that targeted multiple New York stores. They were accused of credit card fraud and identity theft. Dawn Anderson, 48, and Hassan Miller, 46, were charged with three counts of criminal possession of a forgery device, criminal possession of stolen property and 76 counts of…

Felony identity theft charges were filed against a man from Yonkers, New York, after he attempted to withdraw thousands of dollars from someone else’s bank account. Christian Maldonado, 42, was arrested by Yorktown Police for allegedly trying to use another person’s identity to cash a check for $8,800. He was charged with two counts of…

A Brooklyn teenager was accused of running an identity theft scheme in which he allegedly stole cryptocurrency worth over $1 million. Prosecutors described it as a “sophisticated” SIM swapping operation. Yousef Selassie, 19, pleaded not guilty to identity theft, scheme to defraud, first-degree grand larceny, computer tampering and computer trespass in Manhattan Supreme Court. He…

A New York doctor was sentenced to two years of probation for illegally using the identities of his dead patients to gain access to controlled substances. He avoided prison after acknowledging his addiction to painkillers and beginning a residential treatment program soon after his arrest. Paul Biddle, 54, was convicted of identity theft and possession…