A 44-year-old Brooklyn man is accused of depositing an altered check worth $1.7 million into a Long Island bank, then withdrawing large amounts of cash before he was apprehended.
Nassau County police said Marc Lindor “intercepted a legitimate check in the mail and altered it to reflect his name.”
After depositing the U.S. Treasury check at a Capital One Bank in Valley Stream in May, Lindor allegedly made multiple withdrawals costing the financial institution $470,000. He was arrested without incident, the Nassau County Police Department said Wednesday.
The Long Island bank where Lindor allegedly deposited the check is roughly 12 miles east of his East Flatbush-area home.
He’s charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of a forged instrument. His arraignment was scheduled for Wednesday morning in Nassau District Court. Court records show that Lindor pleaded not guilty and was released under “non-monetary conditions.”
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