Overview

• Surveillance footage shows two men and a woman posing as helpful bystanders before swapping ATM cards and fleeing with unauthorized withdrawals.
• Investigators connected nine incidents at Chase, Bank of America, Capital One and Citibank branches across Manhattan’s Upper East Side from May 8 to June 26.
• The largest single haul was nearly $24,000 taken from an 86-year-old customer at a Chase Bank on York Avenue on June 19.
• None of the targeted customers were physically harmed despite losses exceeding $50,000 in total.
• Grand larceny reports in the 19th Precinct have risen 5% even as they fall 7% citywide, and tips can be submitted via the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline or website.