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Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder to Obstruct Bank Fraud Investigation
This afternoon, Naquan Reyes, a 31-year-old resident of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to life imprisonment by United States District Judge Sandra L. Townes at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn.
According to court filings, Reyes paid another individual to murder Nicole Thompson to prevent her from cooperating with law enforcement and undermining a lucrative and long-standing scheme to defraud banks in the New York area.
The plea was announced by Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Diego G. Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI); and David E. Beach, Special Agent-in-Charge, United States Secret Service, New York Field Office.
As alleged in the government’s sentencing memorandum, between 2008 and his arrest in 2014, Reyes perpetrated a scheme to defraud various banks of more than $800,000. Reyes secured employment at more than half a dozen banks and, relying in part on knowledge he acquired from his employment, Reyes created counterfeit checks and recruited others to deposit those checks into their and others’ bank accounts.
Reyes and his coconspirators then attempted to withdraw the funds from the bank accounts before the banks learned the checks were counterfeit. Among those he recruited to make the deposits was Nicole Thompson. On July 16, 2010, Thompson was arrested by the New York City Police Department in connection with her role in the scheme, and she immediately decided to cooperate with law enforcement.
When Reyes learned of Thompson’s plans to cooperate, and thereby jeopardize his ongoing fraud scheme, Reyes paid another individual to murder her and then traveled from New York to Maryland to personally dispose of her body. On July 24, 2010, Thompson’s body, duct taped and wrapped in garbage bags, was found in a dumpster in Landover, Maryland. Thompson was 24 years old at the time of her murder.
Defendant: Naquan Reyes, Age: 31, Brooklyn, NY, E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 14-CR-0227.
Exact criminal charges: Murder to obstruct bank fraud investigation.
City and state: Brooklyn, New York.
Exact date with month/day/year (sentencing, arrest, or crime date): July 24, 2010.
Sentence or outcome (prison time, fine, or current status): Life imprisonment, plus a forfeiture judgment in the amount of $184,000.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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