UNION CITY – A Union City man was arrested yesterday for allegedly purchasing more than $30,000 worth of pesticides and pesticide applicators from wholesale suppliers using stolen credit card numbers, which he allegedly obtained over the phone from Michigan residents by posing as a representative of a local utility company, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Luis Colon, 28, was taken into custody yesterday by special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Colon is expected to appear this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Claire C. Cecchi in Newark federal court.