Three New Yorkers are accused of traveling to Virginia with forged identification cards and stolen credit cards in an alleged bank fraud scheme that unraveled inside a Stafford County Bank of America, according to the sheriff’s office.
The arrests came shortly after 3:10 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, when deputies were called to the Bank of America at Stafford Marketplace for a possible fraud attempt.
By the time deputies arrived, three suspects had already been detained.
Investigators say detectives found forged identification cards and stolen credit cards inside the suspects’ vehicle and in the surrounding area.
The IDs allegedly displayed the suspects’ own photos, but the personal information of legitimate victims.
According to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, the trio had attempted to obtain a significant amount of money using the fake identifications and stolen credit cards.
Detectives say they had already withdrawn funds and obtained cashier’s checks before the scheme came to a halt.
One suspect allegedly tried one more trick.
Authorities say 19-year-old Anthony Linen, of the Bronx, falsely identified himself to deputies, leading to an additional charge.
Linen, 21-year-old Tristan Lyle, also of the Bronx, and 39-year-old Donald Taylor, of Elmira, New York, were all taken to the Rappahannock Regional Jail.
Linen is charged with:
- False identification to law enforcement;
- Unauthorized possession of two or more credit cards;
- Two counts of credit card theft;
- Two counts of obtaining money by false pretenses;
- Two counts of conspiracy to commit uttering;
- Two counts of conspiracy to commit credit card theft;
- Two counts of possessing a fictitious operator’s license;
- Four counts of identity theft;
- Six counts of uttering.
Lyle is charged with:
- Failure to appear on a felony charge;
- Unauthorized possession of two or more credit cards;
- Obtaining money by false pretenses;
- Conspiracy to obtain money by false pretenses;
- Two counts of possessing a fictitious operator’s license;
- Two counts of credit card theft;
- Two counts of conspiracy to commit credit card theft;
- Four counts of uttering;
- Four counts of conspiracy to commit uttering;
- Four counts of identity theft.
Taylor is charged with:
- Unauthorized possession of two or more credit cards;
- Obtaining money by false pretenses;
- Conspiracy to obtain money by false pretenses;
- Two counts of conspiracy to commit credit card theft;
- Two counts of credit card theft;
- Two counts of possessing a fictitious operator’s license;
- Four counts of uttering;
- Four counts of conspiracy to commit uttering;
- Four counts of identity theft.
All three are being held without bond.
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