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A police investigation of a $100,000 ID theft ring that allegedly involved a former employee of the $8 billion Broadview Federal Credit Union (formerly SEFCU) in Albany, N.Y., has been turned over to federal prosecutors.

James Rexford, deputy police chief for the Bethlehem Police Department, confirmed last week that the case has been forwarded to the U.S. Attorney's office for the Northern District of New York in Albany due to the nature and scope of the alleged fraud.

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