Brooklyn Man Accused of Credit Card Fraud

At  3:40 p.m. Feb. 20, Clarkstown Police responded to Aldo Shoes at 2641 Palisades Center Drive, in West Nyack, for a report of a man who had attempted to purchase Aldo gift cards with a credit card which was determined to be fraudulent.

Specifically, the numbers printed on the card did not match the numbers encoded on the security strip.

It was also alleged that the man presented a Rhode Island driver’s license which also appeared to have been forged.

He fled the store and was later located in the mall by Clarkstown police and subsequently identified as Hans Themistode, 24, of Brooklyn. On his person Themistode had 11 fraudulent credit cards, in addition to a fraudulent Rhode Island driver’s license.

Themistode was charged with 12 counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument 2nd degree and 11 counts of Identity Theft First Degree. Themistode was arraigned before the Hon. Howard Gerber at the Clarkstown Justice Court and sent to the Rockland County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail.