Roosevelt Woman Tried to Open Bank Account With Fake ID, Cops Say

By Timothy Bolger Posted on March 12, 2013

A Roosevelt woman has been accused of using a fake ID and a counterfeit $100 bill to try and open a bank account in Merrick on Monday afternoon.

Nassau County police said Earlene Wilson walked into the Chase Bank on Merrick Road and tried to open an account using a fraudulent New York State driver’s license at 3:40 p.m.

The 67-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene.

Wilson was charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument. She will be arraigned Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.