Public Safety
Darien Woman Loses $2,200 in I.D. Theft Case Using ‘Square Cash’ App
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For one Darien woman, the “Square Cash” app had a round hole in it, big enough for a thief to remove $2,200 from her bank account. Darien police gave this account of the matter:
The woman, a 39-year-old Edgewood Road resident, was notified on Thursday, April 27 that her account with Webster Bank had a zero balance. The woman discovered that two withdrawals had been made from her account the day before, one for $1,200 and the other for $1,000. She reported the theft to Darien police on May 1. The withdrawals were listed as being made to “SQL* Bruton” through the online application Square Cash. The victim is not an active user of “Square Cash” but was in the past.