A Maryland man accused of setting up a fraudulent credit score account to gather $112,454 worth of MacBook Pro laptops was arrested Saturday by state police at the FedEx facility in Hempfield, WY, where he went to retrieve 28 computer systems, according to court files.
Zack A. Adeoye, 51, a local of Nigeria who now lives in Upper Marlboro, Md., was arrested at 1:40 p.M. Saturday using undercover country troopers after allegedly trying to drive off with the most recent shipment of laptops despatched to the ability below an alias call, according to court papers filed with South Huntingdon District Judge Charles Moore.
Adeoye was arraigned on charges of identification robbery and receiving stolen property. He was ordered held inside the Westmoreland County Prison after failing to post $100,000 bail.
Trooper Steven Papuga stated in court docket files that troopers had been tipped last month by the government in Illinois that Adeoye had installed a bogus online credit score account via an Illinois firm, figuring out himself below an alias as the chief financial officer of a company in Donora.
Papuga stated that police in Carol Stream, Ill., pronounced Adeoye, had used the account to acquire 30 laptop computer systems shipped to the FedEx facility in Hunker in January. Papuga stated Adeoye picked up the shipment before it became part of the bogus Donora deal, but the Illinois firm, Zones Inc., in no way received payments.
Adeoye placed a second order using the same account, and Papuga stated Carol Stream police asked troopers to assist when he arrived regionally to pick up the bundle. Papuga said when Adeoye arrived at FedEx, he was first met by a supervisor of the transportation firm.
Adeoye furnished FedEx officials with a “counterfeit” worker card listing his call; however, “associated he became there to select up a package deal for another worker.”
When Adeoye attempted to force from the FedEx facility with the package, he stopped using national police.
“Upon contact with (Adeoye), he said he meant to take the laptops to Maryland to have them shipped to Houston, Texas. Upon attempts to similarly query the defendant about his information, (Adeoye) refused to offer additional info without an attorney,” Papuga wrote. Adeoye has a document for identification robbery in Maryland, consistent with Papuga. A preliminary listening is tentatively scheduled for March thirteen.
