Posted on: June 27, 2019 12:00 PM

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Eight Queens people busted for id theft as part of the mortgage scam

The feds busted eight people from Queens for using fake identification to get credit card loans and mortgages. They are identified as Zainoelbaks Karimbux, 50, of Bellerose, Bahader Thiara, 42, and Perminder Thiara, 40, of Queens Village, Daljeet Singh also using alias Akhter Iqbal, 46 of College Point, Mohammed Akhtar, 43, of Flushing, Shaila Khondkar, 48, of Jamaica, Nadezhda Epshteyn, 44, and Cyrus Shroff, 45, both of Rockaway Park. The scam was part of the $3 million fraud reported by the feds. The US Attorney also reported more suspects from Brooklyn and the Bronx were were also in custody. They are identified as Anis Khan, 32, Gursimardeep Singh, Hafeez Ali, 54. The crime occurred between January 2013 and December 2017 after credit card companies alerted authorities of fake identifications. The same was used for mortage of three homes in Queens. All are charged and faces up to 10 to 20 years if convicted.