8 The QUEE NS Courier • NOVEMBER 3, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com Inset courtesy of the NYPD A man robbed a bank in Flushing the afternoon of Oct. 31. ONSITE DOCTORS • EYE EXAMS • CONTACTS • 1 HOUR SERVICE • VISION PLANS ACCEPTED • SUNGLASSES • LOWEST PRICES WE ARE A GVS & DAVIS VISION PROVIDER Fall Savings BAY TERRACE SHOPPING CENTER 211-51 26 AVENUE • BAYSIDE, NY 11360 718.631.3699 *FREE Eye Exam with the purchase of glasses. Contact Lens Exam and fitting add’l. *See store for details. $9999 NO-LINE BIFOCAL EYEGLASSES Includes: EYE EXAM, No-Line Bifocal Lenses & Frame Select frame with select clear plastic no-line bifocal lenses\ +/- 4 sph., 2cyl. up to 2.50 add. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Some restrictions apply, see store for details. Offer valid at this location only. 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Select frames with clear plastic single vision lenses +/- 4 sph, 2 cyl. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this locationonly. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans, or packages. QC QC Expires 11/17/16 QC Crook treats himself to a bundle of cash while robbing a bank in Flushing on Halloween By Emily Davenport edavenport@qns.com /@QNS Police are looking for a man who scored his own Halloween haul by robbing a bank in Flushing on Oct. 31. On Monday, Oct. 31, at approximately 12:05 p.m., a man entered a Flushing Bank at 44-43 Kissena Blvd., then approached a bank teller and passed a note demanding money. After the teller complied, the individual left fled the scene with an undetermined amount of money. Officers from the 109th Precinct responded to the incident; there were no injuries. The individual was described as a white male aged 30 to 35 years old, standing between 5 feet, 7 inches and 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a thin build, a beard and mustache. He was last seen wearing a green and gray plaid jacket, black sneakers, gray hooded sweatshirt and a black knitted hat. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW. NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential. FOUR FACE 900 COUNTS IN MASSIVE ATM SCAM BY THE QUEENS COURIER STAFF editorial@qns.com/@QNS They’ve got way more than 99 problems now. Four men have been indicted on 908 counts in an indictment announced Tuesday for their alleged roles in a scheme to steal identities through ATM skimmers placed at banks across the city. Brooklyn’s Ionut Gherasim, 29, Ionut Paraschiu, 31, Zsolt Dezsy, 37, and Robert Duczon, 37, were charged in the indictment with criminal possession of forgery devices, seconddegree criminal possession of a forged instrument, seconddegree unlawful possession of personal identification information and fifth-degree conspiracy. In footage obtained during the course of the investigation, according to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, the defendants were allegedly seen tinkering with ATM devices. They either removed and replaced the top panel of the ATM, or manipulated the bottom part of the machine in order to install the skimmer. Skimmers read the magnetic strip on the back of credit and debit cards, which contains the personal and bank account information of the user. Thieves typically sell the information obtained by the skimmers to other fraudsters, or use the info to create fraudulent credit and debit cards to withdraw cash or complete transactions. Detectives executed a courtauthorized search of Paraschiu’s home and recovered skimmers as well as false ATM panels with cameras angled to record victims entering their PIN and numerous re-encoded cards from a number of financial institutions. Similar gadgets were allegedly thrown out of the window during a raid in the apartment of defendants Duczon, Dezsy and Gherasim, prosecutors said. After an additional search warrant was executed in their home, law enforcement allegedly recovered skimmers, false ATM panels, plastic cards and other objects. If convicted, the defendants each face up to seven years in prison. Douglas Elliman Real Estate has cut the ribbon on a new office location in Bayside Douglas Elliman — the largest regional and the nation’s fourth largest real estate company — has served Queens for over 30 years. Now, the real estate company has opened up a district office right on Bell Boulevard. Donna Reardon, a 23-year employee of Douglas Elliman, will serve as branch manager at the new location. “I wanted to be in the heart of the most exciting district,” Reardon said. “With the cafes and the restaurants and all the excitement that goes on on Bell Boulevard, I’ve always wanted to be a part of it. To me, it is one of the most exciting streets in Queens.” “The neighborhood is fabulous. It’s exactly where Douglas Elliman should be,” said Ann Conroy, President of the Long Island Division of Douglas Elliman. “It really is the heart and soul of our customer base: so that’s why we’re here.” Over 150 agents speaking a collective 30 languages work out of the branch at 36-29 Bell Blvd. The office can be reached at 718-631-8900.
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