Cops: Shopper used bogus gift cards
A Queens man has been arrested on fraud charges after using bogus gift cards to purchase automobile repair parts worth more than $1,500 from a Great Neck dealership, Nassau County police said Tuesday morning.
Sixth Squad detectives said Adrian Alexander Abrams, 22, of 246th Street, Rosedale, twice in March used the fraudulent gift cards to buy the parts from the service department at BMW of Bayside at 266 East Shore Rd.
He is charged with three counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, grand larceny in the fourth degree and two counts of identity theft in the second degree, police said.
He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead.
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Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
