{"id":317238,"date":"2026-08-09T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317238\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:04:12","slug":"news-12-bronx-2-bronx-men-accused-of-using-stolen-identities-in-multi-state-nordstrom-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317238\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | 2 Bronx Men Accused Of Using Stolen Identities In Multi State Nordstrom Fraud Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Two Bronx men are accused of using stolen personal information to open Nordstrom credit accounts and make fraudulent purchases and merchandise returns across four states, according to Paramus police.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Erik A. Lake, 30, and David M. Suliz, 29, were arrested Wednesday after police were alerted to a suspected fraudulent merchandise return at the Nordstrom in Westfield Garden State Plaza.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police said an investigation determined the men were attempting to exchange merchandise that had been fraudulently purchased at a Nordstrom store in McLean, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Investigators allege Lake and Suliz opened multiple Nordstrom credit accounts using stolen personal information from multiple victims, including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and Social Security numbers. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police said the accounts were then used for purchases and fraudulent returns at Nordstrom stores in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Authorities detained the men after they left the Paramus mall and entered a BMW. Suliz was allegedly found with multiple fraudulent credit cards, while Lake had a Nordstrom gift card, according to police. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Investigators said more than $5,000 worth of merchandise believed to have been fraudulently obtained was found in the vehicle, including Chanel sunglasses, a Coach purse, Vera Bradley bags and backpacks, Purple Brand shorts and Rag &amp; Bone jeans.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Both men were charged with credit card fraud, identity theft, making false statements involving credit cards, theft by deception and receiving stolen property.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Lake and Suliz were taken to the Bergen County Jail pending their first court appearances.<\/p>\n<p><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Erick_Lake_BLUR.png\"   alt=\"Erick_Lake_BLUR.png\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DAVID_SULIZ_BLUR.png\"   alt=\"DAVID_SULIZ_BLUR.png\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Bronx men are accused of using stolen personal information to open Nordstrom credit accounts and make fraudulent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-317238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}