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‘ID-THEFT CELL SCAM’ HITS COPS IN B’KLYN

Maybe it wasn’t the “Finest” idea.

Two identity thieves ripped off cops at a Brooklyn station house after they got hold of a 15-year-old personnel roster and used the information for a $60,000 cellphone-buying spree, police sources said yesterday.

Mohammed Belches, 27, allegedly paid a paltry $50 for the roster list compiled in the 67th Precinct in East Flatbush sometime between 1993 and ’94.

Belches allegedly got the list from Edwin White, 51, of Brooklyn, whose late mom, Elaine Moore, had worked as a civilian aide at the station house and took the documents home.

White found the personal info among his mother’s effects after she died. The document contained a treasure-trove of names and Social Security numbers of cops, some of whom are still on duty, the sources said.

After buying the dirty data, Belches and gal pal Taisha Gumbs, 22, allegedly hatched a plan to drive to Wal-Mart stores all along the East Coast and use the information to buy cellphones, which he would then sell on the black market.

They allegedly drove from Virginia to Maine, stopping at the discount stores and opening up 32 accounts for 152 phones in the names of cops. They sold $40,000 in phones to people who racked up $20,000 in unpaid charges, police said.

White was charged with unlawful possession of personal identification and faces seven years in jail.

Belches and Gumbs have been indicted on charges including ID theft. Belches faces up to 32 years, and his girlfriend 25.

murray.weiss@nypost.com