NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A Brooklyn man has been charged on a 243-count complaint for a large-scale postal theft operation after he was caught with a slew of stolen bank checks, credit and debit cards and driver’s licenses, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Wednesday.
Jamil Brown, 32, was arraigned on Tuesday on charges of criminal possession of stolen property, petit larceny and identity theft after a court-authorized search warrant revealed the goods in his Brooklyn home.
An investigation into Brown was prompted on or about Sept. 19 when a Laurelton, Queens resident tried to use her credit card, but the transaction was declined.
The victim reviewed her account statements and discovered several unauthorized charges. She also had not received an additional credit card she had applied for several days prior, which was in her husband’s name but on the same account.
Bank records showed that the second card was mailed to the victim’s address and activated on Sept. 19 with a telephone number connected to Brown, according to the charges and investigation.