Yeison Rodriguez Acosta, age 27, of Manhattan, was arraigned Thursday, July 17, in Rye City Court on a 30-count felony complaint stemming from a months-long investigation by the City of Rye Police Department and the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, both agencies announced.
According to prosecutors, Rodriguez Acosta is accused of accessing and stealing from 14 customer accounts while working as the branch operations coordinator at the Wells Fargo location in Rye Brook between March and September 2024. He then allegedly continued the thefts after leaving the bank to enter the NYPD Police Academy in October 2024, and while serving as a uniformed officer assigned to the 48th Precinct following his graduation in May 2025.
According to both agencies, the victims ranged in age, but 12 of the 14 identified were over 75 years old. Four additional potential victims declined to participate in the investigation, which would have raised the total number to 19, according to City of Rye Police…