12 THE QUEENS COURIER • APRIL 19, 2018 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
police beat COMPILED BY EMILY DAVENPORT, ANGELA MATUA AND SUZANNE MONTEVERDI
105th Precinct
Glen Oaks, Queens Village &
Southeast Queens
Armed crook hits Glen
Oaks phone store
Police are looking for an armed suspect
who swiped dozens of cellphones from a
store in Glen Oaks last week.
On April 12 at around 10:40 a.m., an
unidentifi ed man entered a Verizon
Wireless retail store at 253-25 Union
Tpke., pulled a black fi rearm from his
pants and forced a 24-year-old male
employee into the rear of the store,
according to law enforcement sources.
Th e suspect demanded the employee
open a safe, to which he complied. Th e
perpetrator then removed 60 Samsung
and Apple phones, placed them into a
laundry bag and fl ed the scene in a black
Toyota Avalon in an unknown direction.
Th ere were no injuries reported.
Th e incident was reported to the 105th
Precinct. Th e investigation is ongoing,
and there have been no arrests.
Authorities described the suspect as a
white male last seen wearing a face mask.
Anyone with information in regards to
this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s
Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS
(8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA
(74782). Th e public can also submit their
tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers
website, nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by
texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES)
then enter TIP577. All calls and messages
are kept confi dential.
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110th Precinct
Corona, Elmhurst & Jackson
Heights
Wallet thief hits the 7 line
Cops are looking for a man who is
responsible for stealing two wallets in two
days from passengers on the 7 train.
According to police, at 6:40 p.m.
on April 7, an unknown individual
approached a 22-year-old woman from
behind inside of the Jackson Heights–
Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street subway station.
Th e suspect reached into the victim’s
backpack and took her wallet, which contained
her credit cards.
Th e suspect then fl ed the location in an
unknown direction.
At 3:30 p.m.. on April 9, just two
days aft er the fi rst incident, a 49-yearold
woman was riding a crowded northbound
7 train and was bumped several
times by an unknown individual. When
the woman checked her purse, she realized
that she was no longer in possession
of her wallet, which contained several
credit cards and $320 in cash.
Police described the thief as a darkskinned
man who was last seen wearing
a black knitted cap, a gray vest, a gray
sweater, gray sweatpants and black and
white sneakers.
If you have information about the incidents,
call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-
TIPS.
114th Precinct
Astoria & Long Island City
Burglars hit six Astoria
businesses
Police are asking for the public’s
help in identifying three men who are
responsible for stealing hundreds of dollars,
checks, cellphones and other electronics
from six Astoria businesses.
According to the NYPD, the burglaries
occurred in February and March at
businesses along major corridors such
as Broadway, Crescent Street and 31st
Street.
Th e fi rst incident in the pattern
occurred on Feb. 19 at about 7 a.m. One
suspect entered Manavi Market at 23-38
31st St. through an unlocked window in
the back of the store. He stole two cash
register drawers, which had approximately
$250 inside, and also took $400 from
a desk drawer. Th e suspect then fl ed the
location.
On Feb. 26 at about 2:30 a.m. a suspect
entered Sac’s Place Italian Restaurant at
22-41 Broadway through
a front screen window and
stole $100 in cash from the
register. He then fl ed the
location.
On March 3, two suspects
hit up a Green Apple
Delight at 29-12 Crescent
St. at about 3:08 a.m. Th ey
entered the smoothie store
through a basement window
and stole $850 in cash
and other property. Th e
duo then fl ed westbound
on 30th Avenue, police
said.
One suspect failed to
enter Old Neighbors, a dry
cleaner and laundry business at 34-17
Broadway. He tried entering through the
back door on March 17 at approximately
2:28 a.m. and fl ed the location once he
realized he count not enter.
On the same day, a suspect entered
Chicken Shack at 36-19 Broadway
through the back door. At about 5 a.m.
he took blank checks from the restaurant
and then fl ed the location.
On March 31, at about 5:30 a.m., a
suspect through a hard object through
the front glass door of Mokja Korean
Eatery at 35-19 Broadway. He then stole
one paycheck, two cellphones and an
unknown amount of tablets.
Police describe the fi rst suspect as a
black male, approximately 5 feet, 8 inches
and 180 pounds and last seen wearing
dark clothing.
Th e second suspect is a white male,
approximately 5 feet, 8 inches and 150
pounds.
Th e third suspect is a black male who is
approximately the same height and 190
pounds.
Call 800-577-TIPS with any information
regarding the pattern.
Bayside & Flushing
men busted in foreign
exchange scam
Federal agents cuff ed two Queens
men on Th ursday, April 12, for allegedly
stealing thousands of dollars from
Korean-American investors in a foreign
trading scam, prosecutors announced.
Tae Hung Kang (also known as Kevin
Kang), 55, of Bayside and John Won,
49, of Flushing, were charged with conspiring
to commit wire and securities
fraud, securities fraud, and conspiring
to commit money laundering, in connection
with schemes involving foreign
exchange trading that targeted members
of the Korean-American community.
Kang was also charged with substantive
wire fraud.
If convicted, they each face 20 years in
federal prison.
Prosecutors said that investors
were allegedly enticed through advertisements
that the suspects placed in
Korean-language newspapers which
encouraged customers to open foreign
exchange trading accounts at
FOREXNPOWER, a company Kang,
Won and others managed.
Kang and Won allegedly promised
double-digit returns to investors, claiming
to have a secret algorithmic trading
method that would generate large
profi ts with minimal risk. However, the
defendants had minimal trading experience
and their method had not been
performed, causing the investors to suffer
huge losses.
Ultimately, almost all of the money
that was invested in Safety Capital stock,
which had a total of at least $700,000,
was misappropriated by the defendants,
who used the stolen money to pay for
advertisements targeting investors and
promoting FOREXNPOWER.