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Two Hudson Valley men one from Westchester and the other from Rockland have been arrested for allegedly attempting to close an Orange County bank account that didn t belong to them that had more than $200,000.
The incident took place around 2:15 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 29, when Monroe Police received a report of attempted fraud at the Chase Bank located at 456 Monroe Turnpike, said Lt. Stephen Corrone.
According to Corrone, two men, identified as Leroy Brown, 70, of Mount Vernon, and Lucas Jerome, of Spring Valley, entered the bank and attempted to use fake identification to close an account that held more than $200,000, that did not belong to either of them.
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Police: New York man posing as kindly grandfather attempted a $200,000 flim flam from Monroe bank
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The courthouse on Golden Hill Street, in Bridgeport, Conn.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
BRIDGEPORT A 70-year-old New York man allegedly posing as a benevolent grandfather wanting to aid his college-student grandson is accused of trying to flim flam a Monroe bank out of $200,000.
“I have a lot of medical issues. I don’t know what is going on. I ask that you release me,” said Leroy Brown, leaning on a cane in his cell in the lockup of the Golden Hill Street courthouse during his video arraignment hearing Wednesday afternoon.