Englewood Police Investigation Leads To Identity Theft Charges Against N.Y. Man

ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — A joint investigation by several law enforcement agencies has led to identity theft charges being filed against a Bronx, New York man who withdrew $9,000 from a man's bank account in the city, authorities said.

The Cresskill Police Department investigated a man who tried using a stolen identity from someone's bank account at a local Capital One Bank branch, said Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal.

The person fled the scene, but Cresskill detectives and Bergen County Sheriff's Office personnel got latent fingerprints from the bank and Michael M. Grayson was identified as a possible suspect as a result, Grewal said.

Authorities discovered that Grayson, who had a forged driver's license with the victim's information and his picture, withdrew $9,000 from the man's bank account from the Capital One branch in Englewood Aug. 27, Grewal said.

Grayson tried to make a second withdrawal from the Capital One branch in Englewood but failed to, Grewal said.

The Bergen County Central Municipal Court issued a warrant for Grayson's arrest May 2. The warrant was submitted to the Westchester County Jail in New York where Grayson was being held on unrelated charges, authorities said.

Englewood police detectives also assisted in the investigation.

Grayson was charged with identity theft, theft by deception, attempt to commit theft by deception, and conspiracy to create false government documents with the intent to facilitate criminal activity,

The investigation is ongoing, Grewal said.

Michael M. Grayson, 53 — Bergen County Prosecutor's Office