Smith was living in Mount Vernon, N.Y. at the time of his death. He moved there after Stamford police arrested him in June 2023 in what one investigator called a sophisticated phishing scam.

A 22-year-old man found fatally shot in New Rochelle on Monday was facing charges of scamming DoorDash drivers out of nearly $1 million. David Smith, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., was accused of ripping off delivery workers through a sophisticated phishing scheme that allowed him to access their accounts and pilfer their earnings,