Queens Boulevard and Long Island City shuttle buses at the Court Square- 23rd Street or Queensboro Plaza stops. The shuttle buses will stop as follows: Queens Boulevard bus • 74th Street—on Roosevelt Avenue at Broadway; • 69th Street—on Queens Boulevard at 69th Street; • 61st Street—on Queens Boulevard at 61st Street; • 52nd Street—on Queens Boulevard at 52nd Street; • 46th Street—on Queens Boulevard at 46th Street; • 40th Street—on Queens Boulevard at 40th Street; • 33rd Street—on Queens Boulevard at 33rd Street; and • Queensboro Plaza—on Queens Plaza North at 27th Street. Long Island City bus • Queensboro Plaza—on 28th Street at Queens Plaza North; • Queens Plaza—on 42nd Road at Jackson Avenue; • Court Square-23rd Street—on Jackson Avenue at 45th Avenue (to Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue) or at Thomson Avenue (to Queensboro Plaza); • Hunters Point Avenue—on 21st Street at 49th Avenue; and • Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue—on Vernon Boulevard at 50th Avenue. Extra E Trains Run In Qns. This Weekend Additional E trains will operate between World Trade Center and the Jamaica-179th Street F train station on Saturday, May 31, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 1, from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. It was noted that Manhattan-bound E trains departing from the 179th Street station will skip the Sutphin Boulevard, Van Wyck Boulevard and 75th Avenue stations. Qns. Stations Skipped On Man.-Bound F Line Manhattan-bound F trains will skip the Sutphin Boulevard, Van Wyck Boulevard and 75th Avenue stations this weekend, from 11:45 p.m. Friday, May 30, until 5 a.m. Monday, June 2. For service to these stations, take the F train to Union Turnpike or 71st- Continental Avenues, then transfer to a Jamaica-bound F train. For service from these stations, take the F train to Union Turnpike or Parsons Boulevard, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound F train. F Trains Become A Late Night Local F trains will run local in both directions between 21st Street- Queensbridge and 71st-Continental Avenues on Friday, May 30, from 10:30 p.m. until 5 a.m. Riders are advised to allow for additional travel time. Earlier Evening Local Service On The E Line Jamaica Center-bound E trains will operate local service between Queens Plaza and 71st-Continental Avenues beginning at 10:30 p.m. each night on Monday, June 2, through Thursday, June 5. Riders are advised to allow for additional travel time. Fastrack Repairs Hit N, Q, R Lines The MTA’s Fastrack maintenance program will affect N, Q and R trains through Manhattan late nights on Monday through Friday, June 2-6, from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. During this period, N trains will run in two sections: between Stillwell Avenue and Court Street, making all local stops; and between Queensboro Plaza and Ditmars Boulevard. There will be no R train service between 71st-Continental Avenues and Whitehall Street; R trains will only run in Brooklyn between 36th Street and Bay Ridge-95th Street. Q trains will operate normally between Stillwell Avenue and DeKalb Avenue, then run on the D line between DeKalb Avenue and 47th- 50th Streets and on the F line between 47th-50th Streets and 57th Street, where it will terminate. With R train service ending early, M trains will make all stops between Queens Plaza and 71st-Continental Avenues through midnight each night. Riders are advised to use the 7, E or F train as alternate service between Queens and Manhattan. N Train Skips Stops In Astoria Weekdays Manhattan-bound N trains will skip the 30th Avenue, Broadway, 36th Avenue and 39th Avenue stations on Thursday, May 29, and Friday, May 30, from 10:15 a.m. until 3 p.m. During this period, there is no Q train service between 57th Street in Manhattan and Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria. For service to the skipped stations, take the N train to Queensboro Plaza, then transfer to an Astoria-bound N train. For service from these stations, take the N train to Astoria Boulevard, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound N train. Station Renewal Comes To A Line The Ozone Park/Far Rockawaybound platform at the 88th Street station and the Ozone Park-bound platform at the 101st Street station on the A line remain shut through August as part of an ongoing station renewal project. For service to the 88th Street station, take the A train to Rockaway Boulevard, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound A train. For service to the 101st Street station, take a Lefferts Boulevard/Ozone Parkbound A train to 111th Street, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound A train. For service from these stations, take the A train to either Rockaway Boulevard or 80th Street, then transfer to an Ozone Park-bound or a Far Rockaway-bound A train. For a complete list of service changes and last-minute updates, visit the MTA’s website at www.mta.info or call 511. Transit News And Changes -CONTINUED FROM PG. 20- Six Arrested, One At Large After Authorities Bust Northeast Qns. Fraud Rings known as a “bird dog fee” (a commission on the sale from the dealership). In order for a customer to purchase a vehicle Woo requested that they provide him with identifying information, such as copies of social security cards, passports and driver’s licenses. Later, it is alleged that Woo used the stolen personal identifying information of four customers—who he knew through his church—to purchase seven high-end automobiles and to open credit card and other accounts. It is additionally alleged that Kim Ki Hun worked with Woo in arranging for the purchase of the vehicles with the stolen identities and that Sang Hun Moon, on occasion, presented himself at car dealerships and bought vehicles using the stolen identities provided by Woo. Since March 2013, the defendants are alleged to have purchased seven vehicles—including a Mercedes Benz E350, a 2013 BMW 535, a 2014 Infiniti Q50, a 2013 Lexus, a 2012 Volkswagen Touareg and two 2012 Audi A6s—financed for a total of $391,404.71 in the names of their victims. Among the alleged victims were the four individuals whose identities were stolen and five auto dealerships—Biener Audi Group, Rallye Motors, Hassel BMW, Bayside Volkswagen and Competition Infiniti. It is further alleged that Woo used the personal identifying information of his automobile clients to open at least two Capital One accounts and a Discover credit card account. The alleged total losses on these accounts were approximately $24,250. The second indictment alleges that Jinuk Chong, Kyeong Joon Kim and Dong Soo Kim engaged in a scheme to defraud banks and department stores between Aug. 8, 2012, and Apr. 24 of this year. It is alleged that Kyeong Joon Kim provided personal identifying information to Dong Soo Kim, who maintained a document mill in Flushing for his use in the manufacturing of fraudulent documents—including telephone and cable bills—to establish fictitious identities. Kyeong Joon Kim and Jinuk Chong then used these false identities, usually including social security numbers beginning with the prefix “586,” to open bank and department store credit accounts online and in person, which were then used to make purchases and cash withdrawals. They then allegedly maintained the accounts by paying off the balances in small intervals over a period of time in order to build up the credibility and credit rating of the cards and the fictitious cardholders. In carrying out their scheme, it is alleged that the defendants also “springboarded” the accounts by adding additional authorized users to the credit card accounts—again, using false identities—in order to establish credit in those names which, in turn, enabled the defendants to apply for additional cards with greater credit ratings and limits before “busting out” the cards— draining the available line of credit on each card—and abandoning the accounts without making any further payments. Among the ring’s alleged victims were Bethpage Federal Credit Union, TD Bank and Nordstrom. As part of the investigation, Brown stated, court-authorized search warrants were executed last week at six Queens locations. Among the items allegedly recovered as a result of the search warrants were numerous forged Korean passports and forged United States visas, as well material needed to create forged documents, such as stamps, laminates, paper and seals. As a result, the defendant Dong Soo Kim has been additionally charged with third-degree grand larceny, second-degree forgery, second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and criminal possession of forgery devices. In executing a search warrant at Dong S. Kim’s 41st Avenue residence last Wednesday, May 21, as noted in the criminal complaint, police recovered six Republic of Korea passports which had been variously altered. For example in one instance, it is alleged that the photograph was cut out of the passport’s biographical page and the signature had been erased on the signature page. In addition to the passports, police allegedly recovered 13 stamps that appeared to be immigration and custom stamps bearing seals from the Republic of Korea; three school seals; approximately 200 sheets of watermarked blank paper bearing the letterhead of different universities; a cutter; a blacklight; a large commercial printer; 23 altered “Form I-797,” which is used by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to communicate with applicants regarding immigration benefits or status changes; and a Discover credit card bearing the name “Woon Hak Lee,” which had been revoked earlier in the month. Discover allegedly suffered a loss of approximately $4,600 on the card. The investigation was conducted by lead case Det. Enrico Morriello and assistant lead case Det. Edwin Romero of the NYPD Identity Theft Squad, under the supervision of Lt. Ruperto V. Aguilar and the command of Capt. Kenneth Gray of the Financial Crimes Task Force, and the overall supervision of Inspector Kevin Harrington, commander of the Grand Larceny Division, and Chief of Detectives Robert K. Boyce. Brown expressed his appreciation to the United States Postal Inspection Services, specifically, Postal Inspectors Vincent Minecci (team leader), Glen W. McKechnie and Maria Albright, under the supervision of Assistant Inspector-in-Charge Richard Vignogna and the overall supervision of New York Division Inspector-in-Charge Philip R. Bartlett; Det. Sgt. Joseph A. Falgiano, of the District Attorney’s Detective Bureau and who is presently assigned to the multiagency El Dorado Task Force, under the supervision of Supervisory Special Agent Theodore Psahos, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Jody Foresta, Deputy Special Agentin Charge Glenn Sorge and James T. Hayes, Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in New York; Special Agent Neisha Samaroo, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Anthony Piazza and Special Agent-in-Charge Edward J. Ryan, of the United States Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General; and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division for their cooperation and assistance in the investigation. Assistant District Attorneys Eleonora B. Rivkin and Gloria Pellegrino, of the Economic Crimes Bureau, are prosecuting the case under the supervision of Gregory C. Pavlides, bureau chief, and Christina Hanophy, deputy bureau chief, and the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for Investigations Peter A. Crusco and Deputy Executive Assistant District Attorney Linda M. Cantoni. It was noted that an indictment and a criminal complaint are merely accusations and that a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 20- Selling A Home Or Car? Renting An Apartment? Let The Times Newsweekly Classified Section Work For You! Call Us At 1-718-821-7500 TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2014 • 56
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