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Crooks arrested in Maspeth identity theft plot
RP Rentals received another call from
a woman identifying herself as Rachel
Walker on June 22, this time interested
in renting a Bobcat loader. Court records
show that the woman completed
a rental agreement for the Bobcat using
a diff erent phone number and diff erent
credit card to be charged $1,846.63 for a
one-week rental beginning on June 27.
The owner of the store, recognizing
Rachel Walker as the same woman who
rented the missing forklift , did not charge
the credit card for the Bobcat transaction,
according to the criminal complaint.
One day prior, however, Bobcat of
New York on Maurice Avenue also
received an order for a Bobcat loader
from a Rachel Walker on June 21, court
records show. The woman completed
the rental agreement, provided a New
York driver’s license bearing the name
Rachel Walker, a phone number and
another diff erent credit card that was
declined. The woman then provided yet
another credit card that was charged
$1,971.73 for a one-week rental of the
Bobcat, which is valued at $30,618.12,
according to the criminal complaint.
The Bobcat was delivered to a Bronx
Park South location on June 27, and
several calls to the renter aft er the July
2 return date went unanswered before
the phone was eventually disconnected,
court records show.
That same day, the employee from RP
Rentals who dropped off the forklift in
May went to the Bronx location where
the woman who identifi ed herself as
Rachel Walker requested the Bobcat be
delivered, according to the complaint.
While there, he observed a silver Honda
Accord allegedly driven by Ortega
with Corley in the passenger seat.
The employee witnessed Corley get out
of the car, and Ortega then drove the car
around the block and parked at another location,
court records show. The employee
drove his vehicle around to where Ortega
was parked, called the phone number
from the rental agreement and witnessed
Ortega answer the phone. When the employee
asked her to repeat the credit card
number given with the rental agreement,
Ortega allegedly did not have the card with
her, according to the complaint.
When the employee pulled away and
drove past where Corley was waiting,
he recognized him as the same man
who allegedly signed for the forklift in
May, records show.
Upon further investigation, police discovered
that the Bobcat loader rented from
Bobcat of New York had a GPS system on it
that showed the vehicle was in Hopewell
Junction, New York. When police conducted
a search warrant at the location on July 9,
they found the Bobcat and the forklift from
the May rental, records show.
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A man at that location told police that
he purchased the forklift and Bobcat
from Ortega somewhere in the Bronx,
according to the criminal complaint.
In total, Ortega and Corley used or
attempted to use at least four diff erent
credit cards to make the equipment
purchases, none of which belonged to
them or anyone named Rachel Walker,
records show.
Ortega and Corley have been charged
with grand larceny in the third degree,
nine counts of identity theft in the fi rst
degree, attempted grand larceny in the
third degree, three counts of scheme to
defraud in the fi rst degree and three
counts of unlawful possession of personal
identifi cation information.
In addition, Ortega was hit with a
second set of charges for the Bobcat
theft, including grand larceny in the
third degree, criminal possession of
stolen property in the third degree,
six counts of identity theft in the
first degree, scheme to defraud in
the first degree and unlawful possession
of personal identification
information.
Corley is currently being held on
$25,000 bond or $10,000 cash bail, and
Ortega is being held on $20,000 bond
or $10,000 cash bail combined for her
two cases. Both are due back in court
on Aug. 7.
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BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
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Two suspects are behind bars
after allegedly using stolen
identities to rent construction
equipment from Maspeth stores and
sell it on the streets.
Police arrested the defendants, Tanisha
Ortega, 27, and Dominique Corley,
27, on July 26 more than two months
aft er a forklift rented from RP Rentals
on 60th Lane was never returned.
According to the criminal complaint
provided by the Queens District Attorney’s
offi ce, a woman who identifi ed
herself as Rachel Walker called RP
Rentals on May 6 asking to rent the
forklift . The woman completed the
rental agreement for the forklift
valued at more than $3,000, provided
a contact phone number and a credit
card that was charged $1,194 for a oneweek
rental.
On May 7, an employee for RP Rentals
delivered the forklift to Tinton
Avenue in the Bronx where Corley
allegedly signed for the delivery. On
May 14 when the same employee returned
to pick up the forklift because
the rental had expired, no one was at
the location and the forklift was missing,
court records show.
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