Brooklyn man charged with withdrawing funds from intercepted, altered $1.7 million check at Valley Stream bank
The altered check was allegedly deposited at the Capital One Bank on Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream, police said. Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
A Brooklyn man deposited a $1.7 million U.S. Treasury check that belonged to someone else at a Valley Stream bank, then made numerous withdrawals of the funds in a case dating to last year, authorities said.
Nassau police detectives allege Marc Lindor, 44, "intercepted a legitimate check in the mail and altered it to reflect his name," according to a news release. He was arrested without incident and charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of a forged instrument, police said.
According to detectives, Lindor went to the Capital One Bank on Sunrise Highway on May 21, 2024, with the altered check and deposited it. Subsequently, he made numerous withdrawals totaling $470,000, police said.
An investigation was conducted by Nassau police, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and U.S. postal inspectors.
Lindor was released with non-monetary conditions at his arraignment Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead.
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