Crime & Safety
Police: Peekskill Man Made $4,000 in Unauthorized Charges on Company Card
Jose Vargas, 56, of Peekskill, was arrested and charged with grand larceny after he charged more than $4,000 in personal expenses on his company credit card.
A 56-year-old Peekskill Man is scheduled to appear in city court on March 7 after he allegedly made thousands of dollars worth of charges on a company credit card for personal items.
Peekskill city police arrested Jose Vargas and charged him with third-degree grand larceny, a felony.
Police made the arrested on Feb. 12 after his employer charged him with making more than $4,000 in credit card charges for personal items.
The investigation revealed that Vargas had been making the charges for more than a year.
Vargas was arrested, charged and released to reappear in court.
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