A former New York City police officer, who was previously employed by Wells Fargo’s Rye Brook branch, pleaded guilty to a scheme to defraud bank customers using information gleaned from his employment, the Westchester County District Attorney announced Thursday.
Yeison Rodriguez Acosta, 28, of Manhattan, pleaded guilty Monday to grand larceny in the third degree, a class D felony; identity theft in the first degree, a class D felony; and scheme to defraud in the first degree, a class E felony.
Rodriguez Acosta was employed as a Wells Fargo branch operations coordinator in Rye Brook from March 2024 to September 2024. On various dates between May 2024 and June 2025, he allegedly used customers’ banking information to steal $113,735.80 from 26 different accounts.
It is further alleged these thefts continued to occur after Rodriguez Acosta entered the NYPD’s Police Academy in October 2024 and following his graduation in May 2025, when he was assigned to the 48th Precinct for field training.
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace commended the City of Rye Police Department for its investigatory work on this case.
As outlined in the felony complaint, the defendant used these funds to pay for his own and/or others’ credit card bills; to make payments for a BMW vehicle; to purchase a subscription to “Booty By Jacks,” which, according to its website, describes itself as “the world’s best glute building program;” to pay for a trip to Aruba; to pay for an Airbnb; to pay for meals at various restaurants; and to pay for GEICO insurance, among other transactions.
“The defendant not only violated his oath to uphold the law, but he took advantage of his access to confidential information to betray members of our Westchester community,” Cacace said. “We will aggressively seek to ensure that every penny stolen through the defendant’s criminal scheme is returned to all of his victims.”
He will be sentenced by Judge James McCarty on Sept. 14. Rodriguez Acosta is no longer employed by the NYPD.
