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Man arrested for selling fake inspection stickers in Lynbrook

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A Brooklyn man was arrested in Lynbrook for falsifying business records on Tuesday at 4 p.m. police said.

According to police, Octavian Ocasio, 44, of Wanseer Avenue in Brooklyn, offered New York State vehicle inspection stickers for sale on the website Letgo. He was arrested without incident by detectives in a parking lot at 603 Sunrise Hwy. when he produced the NYS inspection sticker for sale.

Ocasio was charged with falsifying business records in the second degree and three counts of fictitious inspection stickers. His arraignment was scheduled on Feb. 3 at First District Court in Hempstead.