Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County has money stolen by Florida woman pretending to be bank representative, police say
The suspect surrendered to Nassau police on Monday, they said. Credit: Jonathan Singh
A Florida woman is charged with grand larceny after she attempted to scam more than $1 million from a Roosevelt nonprofit in May, Nassau County police said.
Nicole Ramirez, 28, of Orlando, allegedly contacted the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County pretending to be a representative of M&T Bank on May 5, and obtained the nonprofit's bank account information.
On May 13, a real M&T Bank representative contacted the nonprofit about 21 attempted wire transfers on its account, totaling $1,029,132.40, police said.
Police said $50,314 was successfully transferred out of the nonprofit’s business account.
Ramirez surrendered in Nassau County on Monday, police said.
She is charged with second-degree grand larceny and will be arraigned on Monday at First District Court in Hempstead.
The Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County could not be immediately reached for comment.
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