IDENTITY THEFT RING, INCLUDING FORMER BANK EMPLOYEE, CHARGED WITH POSING AS BANK CUSTOMERS AND STEALING OVER $1.6 MILLION

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, andAssistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), James C. Barnacle, Jr.,announced today the arrests of CATORA NOEL, DARREN STEPHENSON, and IMANI-KAI BROWN, who are charged with stealing thepersonal identifying and financial information of dozens of victims as part of a conspiracy to fraudulently take over those victims' bank accounts and initiate over a million dollars in unauthorized wire transfers and ATM withdrawals. NOEL and STEPHENSON were arrested in Brookl...