BROOKLYN MAN CHARGED WITH RUNNING A LARGE-SCALE POSTAL THEFT OPERATION

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jamil Brown has been charged with criminal possession of stolen property, identity theft and other crimes after a court-authorized search warrant revealed a slew of stolen bank checks, credits cards, debit cards and driver’s licenses in open view inside the defendant’s home in Brooklyn. Brown’s girlfriend, Kadija Corke,…

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BROOKLYN MAN SENTENCED FOR STEALING WIDOW’S HOME BY POSING AS HER SON

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Christopher Williams was sentenced for stealing the home of an elderly widow by posing as her son, then selling the property and cashing in more than $200,000. Williams, 43, of Morgan Avenue in Brooklyn, was sentenced yesterday by Queens Supreme Court Justice Leigh K. Cheng to a term…

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FAMILY OF ALLEGED SCAM ARTISTS CHARGED WITH NUMEROUS CRIMES, INCLUDING GRAND LARCENY, IDENTITY THEFT, TAX FRAUD

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Stephanie Bailey, 50, her daughter Chianti Baily, 31, and her sister Latonya Bailey Dostaly, 45, have been charged with multiple crimes including grand larceny, forgery, perjury, identify theft, defrauding the government and official misconduct. District Attorney Katz said, “As alleged, these defendants used virtually every trick in…

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