Crime & Safety
Cops: Employee Scammed Bloomie's of $117K
East Garden City Bloomingdale's employee worked with accomplices to buy merch using stolen credit card information, cops said.
A Freeport man faces charges after Nassau County Police said he defrauded the East Garden City Bloomingdale's.
Detectives said Yorell Moses, 27, of Freeport, completed transactions for merchandise and gift cards for an unknown number of accomplices using stolen credit card information. Moses would also use gift cards to buy merchandise at other branches and return it for credit on his store credit card, cops said.
Moses reportedly bilked more than $117,000 between November and March, detectives said.
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Moses was charged Tuesday with second-degree grand larceny. He will be arraigned Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead.
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