Feds: NYPD Officer Gave Out Driver’s License Info To Use Fraudulently

[hrmjustin]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Federal agents on Tuesday arrested a New York City Police officer on charges of fraud and identity theft, after he allegedly gave out other people’s driver’s license information to use falsely.

Officer John L. Montanez, 28, was arrested Tuesday morning in the Bronx, according to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. He was charged with access device fraud, mail fraud, and identity theft.

Prosecutors said in 2011, a person identified in the complaint as a “cooperating witness” or “CW” told Montanez he’d had his driver’s license suspended or revoked. Montanez allegedly offered to provide the CW with someone else’s name and license, in return for electronic items that the CW would give Montanez using stolen or fraudulent credit cards, prosecutors said.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/27/feds-nypd-officer-gave-out-drivers-license-info-to-use-fraudulently/