The Major Case Bureau reports the arrest of a California man for grand larceny and possession of a forged instrument which occurred in Roslyn on Wednesday, May 27 at 1:52 p.m.
According to detectives, Abraham Grigoryan of La Crascenta, CA and two others (not yet arrested) used re-encoded credit/debit cards to withdraw money from Chase Bank customers at 1345 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn; 138 Hillside Ave., Williston Park and 425 Glen Cove Rd., Roslyn Heights. The defendant, detectives said, was found to be in possession of four re-encoded credit/debit cards with account numbers belonging to Chase customers, at the time of his arrest. The defendant, acting in consort with others, has stolen in excess of $30,000 from victims’ accounts, detectives added.
Grigoryan is being charged with grand larceny third degree, four counts of possession forged instrument, second degree, defraud first degree. He was arraigned on Thursday, May 28 in First District Court, Hempstead.