You are reading

Astoria: Cops looking to question woman who cashed fraudulent checks

Suspect

Suspect

July 27, 2016 Staff Report

The police are looking to question a woman who allegedly cashed three fraudulent checks belonging to an Astoria resident.

A Santander Bank representative notified the victim, who lives in the vicinity of 12th Street and Shore Blvd, that a suspect used the fraudulent checks to withdraw money from her business account, according to police.

The victim was alerted on July 20th at 1:30 pm.

An investigation determined that the suspect cashed the fraudulent checks at three different Santander Bank locations in the Toms River, New Jersey area, on July 8th, according to the NYPD.

Police have released multiple surveillance photos of the suspect, who is described as a female, black, last

Suspect

Suspect

seen wearing a light blue shirt.

Police are asking anyone with information to call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

 

email the author: news@queenspost.com

4 Comments

Click for Comments 
Wynter Santiaga

Fraud is nationwide and does not discriminate, you bigot. I am African American and I worked at a bank and all of the scammers who attempted to do so happened to be Caucasian. A scammer could be anyone.

Reply

Leave a Comment
Reply to this Comment

All comments are subject to moderation before being posted.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Recent News

Fall fun in western Queens: Your guide to the best seasonal events

Aug. 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello

With beach days and summer BBQs behind us, the start of September rings in the start of magnificent Fall foliage, Halloween and more fun activities that come with the start of Autumn, including a list of Fall events in the area. From apple picking to seasonal ciders and more, there is tons to explore in the community. From Mystic Markets to scary movie meet-ups and more, here is a list of Fall events you do not want to miss.

Astoria doctor sentenced to more than two decades in prison for rape and sexual abuse: DA

An Astoria doctor was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Thursday in Queens Supreme Court for raping unconscious acquaintances and sexually abusing hospital patients.

Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, of Broadway, pleaded guilty on June 30 to four counts of rape in the first degree and three counts of sexual abuse in the first degree in satisfaction of the consolidated indictments against him. He additionally entered an Alford plea to one count of sexual abuse. The defendant — a former gastroenterologist at New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital — recorded the abuse of his unconscious victims with his cell phone in both his Astoria apartment and at the hospital.