Two former employees of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City are facing federal charges for allegedly stealing credit and debit cards from dead bodies.
Charles McFadgen and Willie Garcon, both former mortuary technicians, allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the recently deceased on their cards, including plane fare to Florida in one case, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn say.
Authorities allege McFadgen made more than $13,500 in purchases on cards belonging to the dead in the OCME’s care. They say that McFadgen, 66, of the Bronx, has admitted to investigators that he made the purchases both during and after his time at the medical
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