Man arrested for allegedly stealing $12,000 in stimulus checks from the mail
Police arrested a Brooklyn man for allegedly stealing U.S. mail, including nine government stimulus checks in Sunset Park, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office – Eastern District of New York.
According to the complaint and statements made in court, on the morning of Wednesday, April 28, NYPD officers saw 31-year-old Brooklyn resident Feng Chen allegedly look inside the medical collection bin at a closed medical office and then walk to a nearby residential building and examine mail left at the door.
He then allegedly walked into the gated area of a second residential building and left carrying what appeared to be mail. Chen saw the police officers and allegedly tossed mail on the sidewalk. The officers searched Chen and recovered checks, Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) totaling more than $12,000, credit cards, opened envelopes and letters from several addresses.