A Lengthy Island voter pretended to be another person to solid an additional poll within the 2024 election however his scheme was uncovered when the resident he impersonated confirmed up on Election Day, cops mentioned.
Lindenhurst resident Christopher Lindenberg, 54, was slapped with felony voter fraud fees for allegedly submitting a mail-in poll beneath one other particular person’s title earlier than voting legally a second time, Suffolk County District Legal professional Ray Tierney mentioned.
Lindenberg had requested the early mail-in poll via a web based portal for one more particular person with out their information final October.
The county Board of Elections initially counted the fraudulent vote however authorities first acquired suspicious when the true particular person confirmed as much as vote on Election Day and was turned away, the DA mentioned.
It’s unclear if Lindenberg knew the particular person earlier than the scheme. It’s additionally unclear whom the fraudulent poll was solid for, however Lindenberg was a registered Republican, in accordance with state information.
Lindenberg was arraigned Monday on a first-degree cost of providing a false instrument for submitting and falsifying enterprise information within the first diploma.
He was launched with out bail as a result of the fees are non-eligible and is due again in court docket on Might 21.
“Confidence in electoral methods is integral to a free society,” Tierney mentioned in a press release.
