CAMILLUS — Police have arrested Mark M. Zadroga on multiple charges including grand larceny in connection with a fraudulent automobile loan scheme at a local credit union.
Zadroga entered the credit union and presented identification using the name of someone from North Carolina, according to the Camillus Police Department.
Using the false identity, he completed loan paperwork and a banking application, resulting in a check for $65,275 being issued to another out-of-state individual.
The check was cashed, but investigators later determined no vehicle was purchased with the funds.
Police detectives confirmed the photograph on the fraudulent identification was actually Zadroga’s and used recognition software to positively identify him.
The Jamestown Police Department contacted Camillus detectives after apprehending Zadroga while he attempted a similar offense at a financial institution in Jamestown.
In that incident, Zadroga presented identification with a different name but the same photograph.
Camillus police provided security footage from the credit union to Jamestown police, who positively identified Zadroga as the same person in their custody.
Detectives obtained an arrest warrant and traveled to Buffalo to take Zadroga into custody on July 25.
Zadroga was arraigned in Onondaga County Court and held on $10,000 cash or $20,000 bond.
He was also held without bail on a fugitive from justice warrant out of Camden, New Jersey.
The charges include grand larceny in the second degree, criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, identity theft in the first degree and falsifying business records in the first degree.
