Nanuet Bank Employee Accused in ID Theft, Larceny

NANUET, NY — The Clarkstown Police have arrested two men, Leslie Kommu of New City and Amit Jain of North Bergen, NJ, on charges related to a complicated scheme to defraud banks and individuals out of thousands of dollars.

Victims included a 24-year-old woman from Illinois and a 74-year-old woman from New City, police said.
Jain would provide information to Kommu who worked as an assistant bank manager at First Niagara Bank in Nanuet.

Both were involved in forging documents in order to secure lines of credit loans. Kommu then submitted the loans for approval by First Niagara and with the money opened an account in each of the victim’s names. A $25,000 account was opened in the name of the 24-year-old and an $8,000 account was opened in the name of the 74-year-old.

The Clarkstown Police Department Detective Bureau worked with agencies from Hoffman Estates, Illinois, U.S Customs, Port Authority Police and Bank Investigators from First Niagara Bank, which ultimately resulted in the arrests of Jain and Kommu.

The Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau arrested Kommu, 51, on Nov. 2 and charged him with grand larceny 3rd (felony), falsify business records 1st (felony), forgery 2nd (felony) and identity theft 1st (felony).

A felony warrant was issued for Amit Jain for grand larceny 3rd (felony), forgery 2nd (felony), and identity theft 1st (felony). Jain, 43, was detained by U.S. Customs officials at Newark Airport last week after he arrived on a plane from India. Jain is currently in custody in Essex County Jail awaiting extradition on the above charges, Clarkstown police said.

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