New charges for Westchester bank ID theft pair

A 24-year-old former bank teller and the convicted ringleader of an identity-theft ring in Westchester face new felony charges for allegedly stealing from more bank customers in Orange County.

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on May 19 announced the rearrest of 28-year-old Tyrone “Reece” Lee and Nadia Figueroa, a former bank teller in White Plains and Newburgh. The Bronx pair, both of whom were sentenced to state prison terms this year for their admitted roles in an identity-theft ring at Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and TD Bank branches in Westchester, were indicted on 50 felony counts for allegedly running a ring that stole over $457,000 from customers of Wachovia Bank, now Wells Fargo, from July 2010 to August 2011.  Figueroa allegedly stole the bank account numbers and personal identification information of more than 200 victims while employed as a teller at a Wachovia Bank branch at 41 N. Plank Road in Newburgh.

Lee then allegedly used the stolen information to withdraw funds from 77 customer accounts at Wachovia branches in Orange County, Nassau County, New York City, as well as in Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia.

The operation for which Lee and Figueroa were convicted in Westchester followed the alleged Orange County thefts by about one year, running from July 2012 to June 2014, according to prosecutors. Three accused co-conspirators in the Westchester scheme also pleaded guilty.