A Bronx man is wanted by police in Schuylkill County after he allegedly tried to commit bank fraud last week.
According to court documents, police in Shenandoah say they received an alarm from the First National Bank on N. Main St. at about 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 26.
Bank personnel reportedly told police that a black male had just entered the bank and presented a Pennsylvania driver’s license trying to conduct business there. A copy of the license was made.
One important distinction, police noted in their affidavit, is that the license presented to a teller at the Shenandoah branch of this bank was that of a white male.
Prior to this man’s arrival, bank staff say they had been alerted to a bulletin that had been circulated among other branches about attempts to infiltrate accounts. The man was asked for a password and when this happened, he turned around and left the bank, police say in their report.
Police say their investigation resulted in finding numerous surveillance videos from other businesses in the area. That footage reportedly shows the man in the bank getting into a vehicle with a temporary New Jersey registration.
Images of the man inside the bank were circulated to other law enforcement, police say, and they learned his identity to be Tony Bing, 55, of Bronx, New York. Bing also goes by the nickname Smooth, according to court documents.
Smooth is now facing felony charges of forgery and identity theft, as well as misdemeanor counts of access device fraud and theft. A warrant has been issued for Bing’s arrest.
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