Man charged with stealing from couple's bank account
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 08/28/07

BY MICHELLE SAHN
STAFF WRITER

COLTS NECK — Police arrested a 29-year-old Long Branch man who they said accessed a township couple's checking account and moved more than $1,100 from their account to his own.

Pablo Vasquez, also known as Martin Landa, of Lippincott Avenue, Long Branch, used a bank's telephone system to access the couple's account, Detective Sgt. Joseph Whitehead said.

Vasquez used the telephone banking system to move money into his own account several times on July 2, and he was able to obtain more than $1,100, the sergeant said.

When the couple realized money was missing from the checking account, they called police.

Police arrested Vasquez Friday and charged him with theft and falsifying or tampering with records.

Police are still trying to determine how Vasquez was able to obtain the couple's personal information. Police did not release the name of the bank involved in the case.

Vasquez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was sent to the Monmouth County Jail in Freehold Township, with bail set at $15,000, police said.

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