White Collar Crime: Massive Identity Theft Ring STOPPED Bergen County & Philadelphia!

If you were unaware of how real the threat of white collar criminals encroaching on your identity, then this article will enlighten you on law enforcement crackdown on identity theft criminal rings. A task force made up of law enforcement officers in Bergen County and in Philadelphia compiled enough evidence to charge 20 people from New Jersey and Pennsylvania that used stolen IDs to open bank accounts and negotiate fraudulent and counterfeit checks, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Wednesday.

Nine of the 20 suspects were arrested Tuesday after an investigation that lasted about a year, the prosecutor said.

Small business owners in Bergen County had been complaining to police about being victims of identity theft and fraud. Those complaints prompted authorities to begin looking at the activities of people in the two states.

The arrests were the result of a long-term investigation by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office White Collar Crimes Unit under the direction of Chief Carmen Martino, Molinelli said.

The arrests were made by officers from the prosecutor's office and the Philadelphia Police Department's Major Crimes Unit/Economic Crimes Section under the direction of Captain Roland Lee.

Assisting were officers and agents from the United States Marshal's Fugitive Task Force and the Trenton, East Orange, Fairview, Cranford, Hillside, Evesham Township, Upper Darby, Pa., and Clifton Heights, Pa. police departments.

Last February, investigators arrested Miokar B. Wehye, 42, of Hillside.

The prosecutor said Wehye orchestrated an "elaborate fraudulent scheme to steal in excess of $100,000 from victims' bank accounts."

But that was only the beginning, Molinelli said.

Wehye's arrest "led police to a sophisticated ring of co-conspirators and fraud charges against 20 people in New Jersey and Pennsylvania," Molinelli said.

This week, police arrested nine people in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Arrest warrants were issued for 11 others, who remain at large. See published pictures of all the perpetrators here!

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