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Attempts Made to Steal $100,000-Plus Through Fraudulent Checks from Bank Account

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Attempts have been made to cash several fraudulent checks, with a total value of more than $100,000 from a trust account managed from an office in Darien, police said. The business reported the matter to police on Wednesday, July 26. About a week before that, two withdrawals were successfully made in Florida, one for $5,000, the other for 2,500. The firm immediately notified the bank and the funds were replaced. The business hadn’t been given any further information about the transactions.

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Police: Woman, 24, Tried to Cash Phony Check for More Than $1,600

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A 24-year-old woman who showed up at TD Bank in Darien with a check for more than $1,600 and a form of identification that made a teller suspicious was arrested on a felony fraud charge, police said. Darien police described the incident with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

Late in the afternoon on Monday, July 3, Emily Ramirez walked into TD Bank at 55 Post Road and handed a teller a check for $1679.25

Ramirez, who lives on 186th Street in the Bronx, was charged with first-degree forgery (a felony), third-degree identity theft and criminal attempt to commit fourth-degree larceny. The teller said that after Ramirez said she wanted to cash a check, she stood their silently until the teller asked for the check. Ramirez handed it over and also gave the teller a New Jersey identification card with Ramirez’ picture on it (but not with Ramirez’ actual name). The teller later told police that the ID card looked “very strange” to him, although the name and address on it matched what was on the check.