Rainey
WHITE PLAINS – An Ossining man was arraigned on Monday on a 27 count felony complaint charging him with several crimes dealing with check forging.
The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office said it is believed that Devante Rainey, 24, had purchased photographs of co-defendants’ payroll checks, then used the routing numbers and checking account numbers on those checks to create forged checks using Versacheck small business software.
Rainey is then alleged to have deposited the checks via mobile deposit into co-conspirators’ bank accounts, making the fraudulent activity one step removed from him. He used fictitious payer names and addresses on the checks to further mislead law enforcement.
In March, search warrants were executed on two premises Rainey used as forgery mills. Computers, printers, forged checks, and phones were recovered.
Rainey was indicted on 16 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument; two counts of identity fraud; two counts of attempted grand larceny; two counts of identity theft; and one count each of criminal possession of a forged instrument, scheme to defraud, tampering with physical evident, grand larceny, identity theft and attempt to commit a felony. If convicted, he faces two to seven years in state prison.
