Merrick man stole nearly $20G with bad checks, police say
James Caban, 56, of Merrick, was arrested May 23, 2016, and charged with grand larceny after he used fraudulent lines of credit and checks from a closed account to withdraw $19,500, Nassau County police said. Credit: NCPD
He wrote bad checks on a closed account, stealing almost $20,000 from a Valley Stream credit union, police said.
Now, James Caban, 56, of Newell Road, Merrick, is under arrest, charged with two counts of third-degree grand larceny, two counts of issuing bad checks and multiple vehicle and traffic law infractions — those from a previous open warrant.
Nassau County police said Caban was arrested Monday after an investigation into the incidents, which occurred in April.
Police said that on April 6, Caban entered the Nassau Educators Federal Credit Union on East Merrick Road and, on two occasions, used fraudulent lines of credit and checks from a closed account to withdraw a total of $19,500.
He was arrested after an investigation by Crimes Against Property Squad detectives and faces arraignment Tuesday in First District Court in Hempstead, police said.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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