Cops: Duo Found with Fake IDs, Credit Cards in Oceanside

Two men were arrested Wednesday after trying to withdraw money at an Oceanside bank using a fake ID, according to Nassau County Police.

A teller at Wells Fargo Bank on Long Beach Road called the police at 12:45 p.m. after he became suspicious of a customer’s license, cops said. Akeem Benjamin, 28, of the Bronx, had presented a forged California driver’s license to the teller and tried to withdraw $3,500, police said.

Responding officers found Benjamin in a van outside the bank. Cops said he had two forged credit cards and another California driver’s license with him.

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Police also charged Gerald Harley, 27, of the Bronx, who was in the van with Benjamin and had forged credit cards and fake licenses, cops said.

Benjamin was charged with attempted third-degree grand larceny, four counts of second-degree possession of a forged instrument, and second-degree forgery. Harley was charged with six counts of second-degree possession of a forged instrument. Both will be arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Hempstead.

Photo: Gerald Harley/Akeem Benjamin. Credit: NCPD

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