Cops are looking for three men who tricked a 84-year-old man out of his Chase bank card in Queens and later used it to rack up thousands of dollars in charges.
The elderly man was inside a Chase branch near Woodside Ave. and 60th St. in Sunnyside Gardens on June 26 around 10 a.m. when one of the suspects tapped the victim on his shoulder to distract him. Meanwhile, an accomplice quickly switched the victim’s bank card at the ATM with another card, cops said.
The two robbers then left the bank, giving the victim’s card to another man who was waiting outside the place.
Afterward, the victim noticed unauthorized transactions on his card totaling $6,800, police said.
The tricky trio have yet to be caught. One was wearing a dark-colored, long-sleeve shirt with glasses. Another sported a black long-sleeve shirt and a black hat. The third wore a white long-sleeve shirt, blue shorts, white sneakers and a white hat.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
