A 38-year-old woman tried to use some of the many fraudulent credit cards she had in her wallet to steal money from an ATM machine at People’s Bank in Noroton Heights, police said.
Police, who arrested the woman, described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:
Photo from Darien P.D.
Arrest photo from June 11 of Gloria Enache, 38, of Northern Boulevard in the Flushing, Queens section of New York City.
Gabriela Enache of Northern Boulevard in the Flushing, Queens section of New York City was suspected by the People’s Bank security department of trying to use fraudulent credit cards at the ATM.
The security department called Darien police at 11:17 a.m., Sunday, June 11 while the woman was still at the bank ATM. That’s where police officers found her when they went to the bank at 72 Edgerton St.
In fact, a police officer saw she had numerous credit cards or gift cards and a considerable amount of cash in her open wallet. She appeared very nervous when police arrived and asked her to step away from the ATM. She wouldn’t answer police questions about what she was doing at the bank and where she was coming from.
She was wearing dark sunglasses and, it seemed to the officers, a black wig. She was taken into custody.
Police found 10 Visa and American Express brand credit cards on her, and the Connecticut Financial Crimes Task Force confirmed that they were fraudulently “cloned” cards.
She also had $1,500 in cash in her wallet, all in twenty-dollar bills (that’s 75 bills) — the specific denomination dispensed by most ATM machines.
Charges:
• ten counts of credit card theft
• Five counts of illegal use of a credit card
• ten counts of illegally furnishing money or goods on a credit card
• ten counts of unlawful completion of a credit card
• five counts of receipt of money/goods using an illegal credit card
• one count of fourth-degree larceny
Police held her on a $150,000 bond, which she couldn’t pay, so on Monday, June 12, she was taken to state Superior Court in Stamford. There, her bail was reduced to $75,000, according to the Connecticut Judicial Branch website. As of Wednesday, she had not been released from jail. Her next day in court is scheduled for July 11.
The website also listed her charges differently: 10 counts of credit card theft, 30 counts of credit card fraud, five counts of fraudulent use of an ATM and one count of fourth-degree larceny.
Police are continuing to investigate the matter.