Overview
- Prosecutors announced 50 felony counts, including enterprise corruption, with Andricson Jerez, 29, named as the alleged leader and due back in state court on Dec. 15.
- The alleged operation ran from October 2023 to February 2025 across 31 Suffolk County communities, with the district attorney estimating hundreds of phones were taken.
- Investigators say defendants obtained recipient names, addresses, device types, and tracking numbers, set up deliveries under fake names, and sent runners to retrieve packages.
- Stolen devices were moved to Bronx fencing locations and a stash house before being sold in the United States and overseas, according to the indictments.
- Law enforcement reported seizing more than 200 new cellphones, other electronics, over $100,000 in cash, and an IMEI scanner, and noted most defendants live in the Bronx with one in Valley Stream.