A man who allegedly used other people’s identities to buy several luxury cars has been charged with grand larceny, identity theft, and other crimes, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.
Guang Jin, 33, of Queens, NY, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on August 13, 2020. He is due back in court in September.
Jin is facing up to 12 years in prison.
On December 19, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that Evaldas Rimasauskas, 51, of Vilnius, Lithuania, had been sentenced to 5 years in prison for his role in a business email compromise scam. He will be removed from the U.S. to Lithuania upon his release.
U.S. District Judge George Daniels ordered Rimasauskas to pay restitution of $26,479,079.24. He did not impose any fine. Rimasauskas previously agreed to forfeit $49,738,559.41 to the government.
On June 27, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that a Brooklyn woman had been indicted on multiple charges including grand larceny, identity theft, and practicing law without a license for pretending to be an attorney and defrauding three clients out of $4,700.
According to the District Attorney, Natasha Riley, 56, of Flatbush, Brooklyn, allegedly held herself out as a licensed attorney with an office at 150 Kenilworth Place in Flatbush for around two years. She adopted the last name of an actual attorney with the same first name in order to deceive prospective clients. The attorney contacted the District Attorney’s office after she found out that her name was being used.
On February 13, 2018, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced that NYPD Detective Michael Bonanno had been arrested and charged in connection with a scheme to use stolen bank account numbers to make payments on his home mortgage and credit card accounts.
Domenic Aiello, a longtime associate of Bonanno, was also charged.