A Monroe County businessman faces charges for a dozen theft-related offenses in excess of $233,577.

Leonid Krylov, 38, of Tobyhanna Township and Piscataway, New Jersey, was arrested and arraigned Tuesday before Senior Magisterial District Judge Thomas Shiffer on 12 theft-related offenses, and released on $100,000 unsecured bail.On Jan. 28, Chief County Detective Eric J. Kerchner, from the Monroe County Office of the District Attorney, opened a criminal investigation into the business practices of Krylov after receiving numerous complaints from local business people.The subsequent investigation determined that Krylov, operating a number of businesses in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey, deceptively obtained goods, services and/or cash from nine local business people valued in excess of $233,577.Krylov, the principal representative of Diamond Kut Auto Inc., Mirabelle Auto Enterprises Corp., Street Authorized Auto Enterprises, P & M Auto Sales, I Dream Auto Group Inc., and Royal Towing & Recovery, is alleged to have used one or more of these businesses to issue checks on closed accounts, enter into deceptive business agreements and otherwise use fraudulent and deceptive means to obtain goods, services and cash.Victims included Marek's Auto Center of Tobyhanna, Edmund Lee O'Connell of Mount Pocono, Rudy & Sons Inc. and Gulf Distributors of Stroudsburg, businessman Arthur Berry of Buck Hill Falls, Independent Petroleum Services of Wilkes-Barre, G & G Oil of Scranton, D.G. Nicholas Company of Clarks Summit, Ray Price Ford of Stroudsburg and Bracey's Auto Parts of Mount Pocono.In some cases, Krylov used closed business accounts or accounts with insufficient funds from Wayne Bank, Peoples Bank and Trust, TD Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank and Astoria Financial Corporation to perpetuate the fraud.Krylov was charged with seven counts of felony theft by deception, one misdemeanor theft by deception offense, one count of felony theft by failure to make required disposition of funds, and three misdemeanor bad check offenses.His preliminary hearing is scheduled Jan. 18 before Magisterial District Judge Anthony D. Fluegel.Krylov was recently arrested by members of the Northeast Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Task Force on felony theft by deception and insurance fraud offenses, and faces a preliminary hearing on those charges on Jan. 11, also before Fluegel.