Two Bronx men were accused Wednesday of masterminding a brazen bank fraud scheme in which they ripped off churches, hospitals and charities by recruiting 950 “soldiers” to cash bogus checks.
Jasper Grayson, 25, and James Malloy, 26, are accused of cashing millions of dollars in counterfeit checks they had dummied with customer information obtained from crooked bank tellers.
Authorities said Grayson’s laptop computer was plugged into a cigarette lighter and connected to a printer when he and Malloy were busted in a car in the Bronx.
The laptop contained check-making software, stolen bank account info and logos used on counterfeit checks, officials said.
Using payroll stubs they’d purchased from employees, the counterfeiters hacked into more than 300 accounts, including those of Madison Square Garden, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Harlem Children’s Zone, Montefiore Medical Center and even the NYPD, authorities said.
“Grayson or Malloy would create the checks using specialized computer software, scanners, printers, check stock, magnetic ink and company logos found on the Internet,” Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said.
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