NYC fraudsters stole company’s identity to order 250K pairs of trousers worth $2M: prosecutors

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Three men stole the identity of an importing company, placing orders for 250,000 pairs of pants worth $2 million that were billed to the real business.

They got caught with their pants down.

Sanchez, who had in the past provided legal services to home furnishing importer Mod Society, LLC, stole it’s corporate documents and information to create an fake business under the same name, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Tony, of Mineola, NY, and Rex, of Albertson, NY, then allegedly sold the pilfered goods to wholesale companies for a total of $750,000.

He said that Sanchez “was the attorney for that company and had taken the information for the company — [under] false pretenses.” The manufacturers believed they were doing business with a legitimate company and shipped the items to a warehouse in California, prosecutors said.Sanchez — a suspended lawyer — did legal work for the company before allegedly using its corporate documents to carry out the scheme.His lawyer John Falcone asked the judge to release his client without bail noting that he has no prior arrests and that he is a six-year veteran of the US Air Force.

 

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