Crimes Against Property Squad detectives report the arrest of a Patchogue man on Tuesday March 21, at 10 p.m., for grand larceny, possession of forged instruments, forgeries and identity theft that occurred in Plainview, from Feb. 24, 2005 to present.

Detectives report that Suleyman Dikyol, a/k/a Erik Vazquez, a/k/a Mehmet Karasan, a/k/a Cem Denz, 38, set up a change of address from a Bay Shore address to P.O. Box 300 at the Plainview Post Office, 1662 Old Country Road. Detectives state that Dikyol then fraudulently open up at least 30 bank accounts, including credit card, car loan, boat loan and other financial fraud, using the name Erik Vazquez. Total loss to HSBC, Bank of America, Wachovia, Chase Bank, Bethpage Federal Credit Union, Washington Mutual, GE Money Bank and Citicorp, is $309,694.92, but is believed to be in excess of $500,000.

Crimes Against Property Squad Detective Robert Gally arrested Dikyol on E. Woodside Avenue, Patchogue. Dikyol was charged with one count of Grand Larceny 2nd Degree (C Felony), nine counts of Possession of a Forged Instrument 2nd Degree (D Felony), two counts of Forgery 2nd Degree (D Felony), and one count of Identity Theft 1st Degree (D Felony) and was arraigned in First District Court, Hempstead.