WESTPORT — A New York is accused of trying to intercept a delivery of iPhones by impersonating a scammed Westport customer.
Albert Reyes, 26, of Bronx, N.Y., was charged Dec. 31 with first-degree forgery and criminal impersonation.
The incident unfolded when an officer was dispatched shortly before 3:30 p.m. Dec. 31 to investigate the report of a “suspicious vehicle” with New York license plates on Placid Lake Lane, police said.
Two men in the vehicle were “evasive” while being questioned by the officer, according to the report, following up a complaint from a resident who suspected being scammed in ordering iPhones. The complainant feared the phones might be intercepted before delivery to the local address.
The vehicle’s driver, identified as Albert Reyes, had several fraudulent driver’s licenses in his possession, police said, including one with the name of the Westport resident who fell victim to the scam.
Reyes was taken into custody and formally charged. The other man was released, police said.
Reyes was released after posting $10,000 bond and is scheduled to appear Jan. 13 at state Superior Court in Stamford.
This is actually scary. Imagine, a person parked outside your home with your name on a fake driver license? Sounds like a Gene Hackman movie from the 70’s or John Le Carre. Remember Rockford had a portable printing machine in glove box of his Firebird? Just for this purpose of assuming someone’s identity. Of course, this all is derived from Dostoyevzky’s novel “The Double”