Three men from Brooklyn, New York face charges in a scheme to withdraw money from Midcoast banks using phony identification.
The scheme involved a man impersonating a customer using the customer’s information on a fraudulent military identification card and attempting to withdraw money from the victim’s account.
Police say the fraud attempt failed at First National Bank in Wiscasset and a bank in Boothbay Harbor when the suspect failed to answer security questions.
Brunswick Police stopped a vehicle with the men near a bank in Brunswick, where each was found to have fraudulent identification, including fictitious passports, military identification cards, and state-issued licenses.
(Suspect in Midcoast bank fraud case)
The three men – 66-year-old George Mendez, 35-year-old Miguel Molinar, and 34-year-old Leigh A. Jackson – are charged with Class C Theft by Deception, Misuse of Identification, and Criminal Conspiracy.
(Suspect in Midcoast bank fraud case)
Police say they’re being on $10,000 cash bail at Two Bridges Jail.
(Suspect in Midcoast bank fraud case)
