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Police: Man caught on camera depositing more than $41,000 in stolen checks

NEW YORK - Police say they're searching for a man caught on camera depositing stolen checks on two different occasions in Washington Heights

Investigators released a surveillance image of the suspect depositing a check for more than $35,000 into his account. It happened on June 26 at a bank on 181st Street. 

Police said the suspect also deposited a $6,300 check 10 days earlier at an ATM on Dykman Street. 

Those checks were reported stolen by a 70-year-old man who said he never received his insurance money. 

Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.  

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