Atlantic County, NJ, Men Commit Crimes Spanning The U.S.

Atlantic County Prosecutor Will Reynolds is the most proactive prosecutor in Atlantic County New Jsrsey history.

Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Has Released The Following Information To The Public:

In 2023, the FBI Financial Crimes Task Force was notified of an ongoing nationwide fraud investigation. There were multiple victims across the United States who reported being defrauded through a SIM swapping scheme. An investigation revealed Cory Kott and Omar Lopez had allegedly targeted victims through social media and would begin conversations with victims in order to then take over the victims' phones by transferring the victims' phone numbers to devices in their possession. Once that occurred, they would have full control over the victims' phones including access to emails, financial applications, iCloud storage, and social media accounts. The suspects would then use that access to impersonate the victims and open credit cards, falsify driver's licenses, and complete banking transactions by transferring funds between victims and withdrawing those funds under the victims' identities. The suspects were also able to utilize at least one of the victim's compromised credit cards to fund an online gaming account, said the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.

Two Men Charged

Cory Kott, 35 years old, from Mays Landing, New Jersey and & Omar Lopez, 47 years old, from Atlantic City, New Jersey have been criminally charged.

Cory Kott Is Charged With:

• second-degree identity theft.
• second-degree computer crimes.
• third-degree forgery.
• third-degree credit card crime.
• third-degree theft by deception.
• third-degree money laundering.
• conspiracy to commit theft by deception with Omar Lopez.

Omar Lopez Is Charged With:

• conspiracy to commit theft by deception with Cory Kott.
• third-degree credit card crime.
• third-degree theft by deception.

You Can Help

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office is always looking forward to the public’s assistance with solving crimes.

If you have information about crimes, you may call the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office at (609) 909-7800.

You can contact them digitally at ACPO. Tips and provide information by filling out the form on the Submit a Tip page. You can do so anonymously.

Crime Stoppers is also available at (609) 652-1234 or 1-800-658-8477 (TIPS) or the Crime Stoppers Website at http://www.crimestoppersatlantic.com/.

Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest and indictment of those responsible for crimes committed in Atlantic County.

SOURCE: Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.