Stalker Keeps Sending Money

Location: NY

Edit: TLDR what do I do with money a stalker has sent me?

Hi all, I could use some advice.

I had been seeing this guy (not the best situation and I’ll leave it at that) and when things ended I had to block him from contacting me bc he is relentless despite my many requests to be left alone. He has been blocked for over a year, no contact on my end since. He does try to contact me as well as some of my friends when he finds ways but I try to block these attempts.

However I recently discovered he had been sending Apple Cash to my account in $5 increments over the last few months. I didn’t see this bc his # is blocked so no notifications and bc I use Apple Cash often these $5 payments went unnoticed…

Until I saw hundreds of dollars in my Apple wallet the other day. I discovered he had been sending money all this time and I only noticed once the $$ were big enough to stand out. I quickly changed my settings to manually accept payments and since then he’s tried to send hundreds more but it won’t go through unless I accept it.

He also used my # to send me $1 on Venmo with a request to unblock is # (ofc I blocked his Venmo once I saw)

I’ve done all I can to block his attempts to contact me that I can think of but he always finds another way. Anyone I ask for advice in my life laughs and tells me to keep the money but I feel scared and I don’t know what to do.

My questions: legally speaking, what do I do with this money? and is this grounds for a restraining order?

Thank you <3