MIDDLE ISLAND, NY — A Middle Island man has been arrested in connection with scamming two elderly men out of thousands of dollars by cashing fraudulent checks, Suffolk police said.
A man cashed fraudulent checks at TD Bank branches in Mount Sinai and Medford last January from elderly victims who live outside of Suffolk County, according to police.
An investigation by Financial Crimes Unit detectives determined Kacper Kusnierz was part of a scam to defraud the victims out of thousands of dollars, and he was arrested Wednesday at the 3rd Precinct in Bay Shore on charges of first-degree identity theft and attempted identity theft, and third-degree grand larceny and attempted grand larceny.
Kusnierz, 34, is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Thursday.
Detectives are investigating the origin of the scam, and who else is involved. They are asking anyone who may be a victim of Kusnierz or have additional information about this
scam to contact the Financial Crimes Unit at 631-852-6821.
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