Goshen. Defendants plead guilty to defrauding local union and others out of $250k

The Orange County District Attorney’s office announced last that four Newburgh men pleaded guilty in county court for taking part in a “wide-ranging” check fraud operation that robbed victims of a combined total of $250,000.

From March 2021 through April of 2022, it was alleged in court, the defendants engaged in a scheme of depositing altered and/or fraudulent checks - belonging to the Ironworkers Local 417 union, area businesses and individuals - into various bank accounts. They then withdrew those funds with false deposit slips. The defendants created fake business accounts to facilitate the check deposits.

According to law enforcement officials, the total amount of forged and altered checks from the Ironworkers Local 417 bank accounts alone is more than $190,000. The combined total amount from all victims is more than $250,000.

Turgaud Dubuisson, 30, Anthony Dubuisson, 26, and Marlon Tabora, 26, are guilty of second-degree grand larceny. Jishid Forrest, 22, copped a plea to second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.

Sentencing is set for December.

Authorities said the investigation into this case was led by the Town of Newburgh Police Department and included Town of New Windsor Police Department, Orange County Sheriff, Dutchess County Sheriff, Orange County District Attorney’s office and New York State Department of Financial Services.