January 28, 12:14 PM EST
A Port Washington man duped hundreds of customers out of thousands of dollars by charging them for Internet services that he never provided, Nassau police said.
Anthony Cundiff, 25, of 4 Preston St., was arrested yesterday. Police said he fraudulently billed over 300 credit card customers for services he didn't provide, and also duplicated the billing of credit card customer accounts at two companies that he owns in Port Washington. The total in the scheme came to about $83,000, police said in a news release.
Police said Cundiff committed the fraud over two separate periods in 2003. From Oct. 2-6, he billed customers about $13,000 and from Nov. 4-Dec. 2, he billed them about $70,000, police said.
Cundiff's companies were identified as Internet Services and Straight 2 You Communications.
He was arrested at his Port Washington office and charged with second-degree grand larceny; two counts of second-degree possession of a forged instrument; first-degree defraud; first-degree identity theft; and second-degree forgery. Cundiff was scheduled to be arraigned today in First District Court in Hempstead.
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