***PRESS RELEASE***
Over the course of the past year a local credit union informed the Utica Police Department that an individual was depositing fraudulent money orders and withdrawing the funds.
The total loss accumulated to the business was over $8,900 during that time frame.
Based on that value the investigation was assigned to a member of the Criminal Investigations Division, and on December 29th, 2021 Christopher Bishop age 31 of Brookfield NY was charged with:
Grand Larceny in the third degree.