Crime & Safety
Sag Harbor Police: Pair Cashed Stolen Checks for $55K
Cops say Ozone Park couple stole blank checks last year.
Sag Harbor Village police arrested a Queens couple at their Ozone Park home Friday morning on felony larceny charges, alleging that they stole blank checks from a victim in the village and cashed in.
According to arrest reports, during April 2012 the couple, 40-year-old Surajdyal S. "Sam" Sukraj and 35-year-old Nina H. Sukraj, stole 19 blanks checks from a Union Street residence.
The checks were written out to "Cash" and then cashed against the couple's joint checking account, police said. They reaped $54,600 this way, the reports stated.
The Sukrajes each face a count of second-degree grand larceny.
After being taken to the police department, the pair was arraigned in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court.
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