Nicole D. Federici, a resident of The Bronx (NYC), was arrested at a Connecticut bank on suspicion of trying to obtain a check worth $38,510.62 and another $5,000 in cash using a stolen credit card.
The 56-year-old woman was arrested on Friday, March 31, around 2 pm, by the South Windsor (CT) Police Department, after receiving reports of an ongoing fraud.
Federici allegedly attempted to obtain a total of more than $43,500 at the Webster Bank branch located at 1695 Ellington Road. After being alerted, when officers arrived they discovered the suspect was in possession of a fake Connecticut driver’s license and a fraudulent credit card, both in someone else’s name.
Federici was arrested and arraigned on $100,000 bail, the station reported yesterday. WTNH. She was charged with identity theft, criminal identity theft, attempted theft and forgery, said Sgt. Mark Cleverdon, quoted by CT Post.
All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Last week four young people – three of them Hispanic – were arrested red-handed on suspicion of stealing mail from a Postal Service (USPS) mailbox in Manhattan (NYC), a federal crime that has skyrocketed. According to the police, the crime called “check laundering” is that thieves can change the name of the beneficiary of a check.
In October 2022, three USPS employees and one other person were arrested in connection with a multi-year, $1.3 million identity theft and fraud scheme conducted in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area.