NYPD Detective Admits Forging Signatures To Get $22K Loan, Officials Say

LITTLE ITALY, NY — An NYPD detective accused Wednesday of forging documents to get a $22,000 loan pleaded guilty, authorities said.

Detective Van Scott was arrested about 9:45 a.m., an NYPD spokesman said. Scott, 48, was off-duty at the time of his arrest, the spokesman said.

Scott pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor petit larceny charge, prosecutors said. He was initially arrested on multiple felony charges, including grand larceny, forgery and filing documents that contained false information, according to the NYPD.

He agreed to plead guilty to the misdemeanor charge as part of deal which also allowed him to resign from the police department before being fired, sources told Patch.

An internal investigation into Scott concluded that he had forged two city employees' signatures on an application to obtain a $22,000 loan "that he was not otherwise entitled to," according to the criminal complaint filed against Scott.

In 2015 and 2016, Scott allegedly submitted loan applications to a retirement savings program for city employees. Scott forged the signatures of two city employees on the applications and, as a result, was able to acquire the $22,000 loan in 2015, prosecutors said.

Patch was not immediately able to contact Scott's attorney.

He was arrested in the NYPD's 5th precinct, which includes Chinatown and Little Italy.

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