Crime & Safety
Man Charged with Identity Theft, Fraud of Bergen County Small Business Owners
Miokar Wehye allegedly orchestrated a scheme to steal in excess of $100,000 from victims by changing their mailing address and more.

A Union County man was arrested last week after an 11-month investigation revealed he allegedly orchestrated a scheme to steal over $100,000 from individuals.
Miokar B. Wehye, 41, of Hillside, was arrested Feb. 10 after allegations of “identity theft and fraud reported by various small business owners in Bergen County” were investigated by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office White Collar Crimes Unit, the Fairview Police Department, the Bergen County Police Department, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, the Hillside Police Department and the FBI, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said.
According to authorities, the investigation revealed that Wehye ”orchestrated an elaborate, fraudulent scheme to steal in excess of $100,000 from victims’ bank accounts” by changing the victim’s mailing address, opening bank accounts in their name, using counterfeit checks to make illegal withdrawals from their bank accounts and applying for fraudulent business loans in their names, Molinelli said.
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Wehye was charged with one count each of computer related theft, theft by deception and fraudulent distribution of personal identifying information of another.
Bail was set at $250,000 with no ten percent option and the surrender of his passport. Wehye was remanded to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of bail.
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