Two men were sentenced by a Westchester County Supreme Court judge on April 2 for stealing more than $850,000 in an identity theft scheme.
Tyrone “Reece” Lee, 28, and Anthony “Sug” Davis, 28, both from the Bronx, were aided by bank tellers who provided the two with customers”™ personal information, which allowed Lee and Davis to create fake identities and forge checks in order to withdraw money. They stole from banks in Westchester County, New York City, Long Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, TD Bank and Wachovia, from July 2010 to June 2014.
Then men pleaded guilty to the combined 39 counts against them. Lee, who was considered the ringleader, according to the New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman”™s office, was sentenced to four-and-a-half to nine years in state prison. Davis, who forged the documents, was sentenced to two to six years in state prison.
Davis is serving a 10-year sentence in federal prison for a different fraud case.
The three bank tellers involved in the scheme have also pleaded guilty.
