Public Safety
Man Arrested on Fraud-Related Charges in Darien, New Canaan and Norwalk
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A 51-year-old man was arrested last week on forgery other charges after trying to withdraw $7,200 at the Bankwell branch in Darien last May, Darien police said. Along with the May 22 incident in Darien, the man was charged with forgery in New Canaan (on May 11; with an arrest on July 3) and in Norwalk (May 24; and arrested that day), according to the Connecticut Judicial Branch website. Police gave this account, which includes accusations not proven in court:
At about 3 p.m. on May 22 police went to the Bankwell branch at 1065 Post Road, where bank employees said the man had tried to withdraw the money using a phony passport for identification. New Canaan and Norwalk Arrests
At some point, the man, Frank VanDebogart was recognized (police didn’t say how) as someone trying to use the same fraudulent passport at other Bankwell locations, including the Bankwell branch in New Canaan. Police there charged him with second-degree forgery, third-degree identity theft, attempted second-degree larceny and criminal impersonation.