Michael Bonanno and Co-Conspirator Attempted to Steal Hundreds of Thousand of Dollars From Multiple Victims
Breaking 911- Michael Bonanno, a New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) detective, pled guilty to his role in a bank fraud scheme that used stolen checks and bank account numbers from New York-based victims. Bonanno pled guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “Instead of upholding his duty to investigate and enforce the law, Michael Bonanno, who was at the time a detective in the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers unit, broke the law by brazenly attempting to swindle hundreds of thousands of dollars from residents of New York. I commend the FBI and the Internal Affairs Bureau of the NYPD for their outstanding work in this investigation.” more here
Another of the relatively few rancid apples that soil the reputation of the 1000s of great, hardworking and under-appreciated cops!
Somebody didn’t get his cut.
izlamo delenda est …
Bad guys sometimes work internally, generally for one of two reasons:
1. They want to do something bad, so they get a job in a field that will give them access to victims. Such as child molesters in education (or the priesthood), and financial scammers in banks or brokerages.
2. They get into a field for the right reasons but temptation gets the best of them when they see the opportunities, and they think they can beat the system and not get caught.
Then again, some people are just screw-ups.
otoh – ” what is the evil of robbing a bank compared to the evil of founding one?”
– sorry, I don’t recall the source of the quote.
He should said he was part of the Clinton Foundation.