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NYPD Detective Tried to Scam $1,000 From Gun Buyback Program, DA Says

 NYPD detective John Malloy was arrested Thursday and charged with forging Operation Gun Stop forms to collect $1,000 reward, July 17, 2014.
NYPD detective John Malloy was arrested Thursday and charged with forging Operation Gun Stop forms to collect $1,000 reward, July 17, 2014.
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MANHATTAN — A veteran detective was arrested Thursday for trying to scam $1,000 in reward money from the NYPD's gun buyback program, according to court papers and reports.

John Malloy, 46, who has been on the force 19 years, allegedly submitted a fake tip report for a pistol under the department's Operation Gun Stop that was recovered in November 2012.

He forged the signatures of another detective and a supervisor on internal documents to help push the paperwork through, according to sources and court papers.

“There was indeed an unlawful firearm recovered in Brooklyn in November 2012 [but] there was no tip that tied to that arrest,” Assistant District Attorney Ryan Connors said during Malloy’s arraignment Thursday in Manhattan Criminal Court, the Daily News reported.

“The defendant used his position and forged several papers in attempt to claim the reward himself.”

Malloy told investigators in April that he was “under a lot of pressure to complete a report for the chiefs” on Nov. 20, 2012, according to court documents.

He then said that another detective had taken a tip the previous night, but that he couldn’t read his handwriting so he recopied the form, signing the other detective’s name and a supervising officer, court papers said.

“I was having health problems and under a lot of stress,” Malloy told investigators.

Malloy was charged with forgery, offering a false instrument for filing and attempted petit larceny. 

He was released without bail after his arraignment.