Cambridge Police Arrest 2 in 'Card-Cracking' Scheme

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Two Brooklyn men were held on a combined $600,000 bail after stealing nearly $26,000 in a "card-cracking" scheme that targeted bank accounts across the Boston area, Cambridge Police said.

Delon St. Louis, 23, and Darren Zamor, 21, both from Brooklyn, New York, were arrested by Cambridge Police Friday afternoon after a lengthy investigation into schemes that have targeted bank accounts in the Greater Boston area.

The two men were arraigned Monday in Cambridge District Court and charged with Larceny Over $250. Judge Dominic Paratore ordered both defendants held on $300,000 bail.

According to police, officers seized nearly $26,000 worth of cash and checks during their arrest and a search of their vehicle.

Here are the allegations they face, per CPD:

Since at least April 2016, the defendants allegedly deposited counterfeit checks into banking accounts belonging to third parties who willingly or unwillingly surrendered their debit cards and PIN numbers for use in the cracking cards schemes. As part of this ongoing investigation, the Cambridge Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Section is attempting to locate additional individuals who may have been involved in the financial scam. The scam would have involved a victim relinquishing their debit card and PIN number to an individual claiming to be from a Financial Services Company, who was looking to test and improve their money order operations. Account holders were told that they would be paid half of all money orders negotiated through their account. The accounts would then be used for fraudulent activity.

Anyone who worries they may have been a victim of this scam is asked to contact Detective Brian O’Connor of the Cambridge Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Section at 617-349-9307 or boconnor@cambridgepolice.org.

St. Louis and Zamor return to court Feb. 22.