Dapper crooks posing as FBI agents tase, rob couple of $40K in luxury items and cash in brazen NYC home invasion
A pair of well-dressed thieves posing as FBI agents raided a Queen couple’s apartment, tasing the victims and stealing $40,000 worth of luxury items and cash, before fleeing in their Mercedes, police said.
The brazen home invasion occurred around 7:30 a.m. Sunday at a home near Main Street and Elder Avenue.
A 25-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman had just returned home when they were approached by two men in a black Porsche Cayenne.
The strangers, both dressed in suits and ties, identified themselves as FBI agents and displayed firearms in their waistbands, according to the police.
The encounter then took a violent turn when the dapper duo tased the couple and tied them up.
The phony feds then proceeded to strip the victims’ home of valuables, pocketing about $20,000 in cash and cryptocurrency, a Rolex watch, a Hermes bad, a Chanel bag, a wallet and a cellphone.
The loot-laden crooks fled in the couple’s 2019 Mercedes-Benz GT50 and the Porsche in which they had arrived.
Cops said the couple escaped the heist unharmed.
The NYPD has released surveillance video showing the bogus agents. One of them, a bespectacled man in a black face mask, was last seen wearing a gray suit, a black shirt and a diamond-patterned tie.
His accomplice was caught on video sporting a beard and a pair of dark shades, and carrying manila envelopes under his arm. He was seen wearing a black suit and a gray tie.
Police appealed to the public for help with identifying the suspects in the video. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
