Police: Suspect Used Dead Man's Credit Cards for Spending Spree

A 41-year-old Yonkers man was arrested by state police last week after he used the credit cards of a dead veterans’ home resident to go on a $13,000 spending spree, according to authorities.

Tory Washington was arrested by members of the state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Friday and charged with felony first degree identity theft.

Police said Washington was arrested following an investigation into the fraudulent use of credit/debit cards belonging to a man who had died in October, 2014. At the time, Washington had been employed by the Montrose VA facility, where the deceased victim lived prior to his death.

Washington is alleged to have made multiple fraudulent charges using the man’s credit/debit cards - totaling more than $13,000 - throughout the Westchester County area. How Washington allegedly obtained the victim’s credit/debit cards and social security number remains under investigation by both state police and the Montrose VA Police.

Washington was arraigned before the Town of Cortlandt Justice Court, and was remanded to the Westchester County Jail without bail.