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Darien Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Defrauding Navy Man Out of $57,000

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Christopher Teixeira, 34, of Darien waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of wire fraud relating to his theft of more than $57,000 from a former U.S. Navy service member. — an announcement from the United States Attorney’s Office for Connecticut and  the Defense Criminal Investigative Services Northeast Field Office. According to court documents and statements made in court, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (“DFAS”) is the agency of the U.S. Department of Defense that administers all payments to U.S. service members.  DFAS operates the “MyPay” online portal, through which service members may provide and obtain information related to payments from DFAS. A U.S. Navy service member (“the victim”) was scheduled to receive a medical severance payment from the Navy in January 2017.  The victim provided his MyPay login and password information to Teixeira, who he trusted with certain financial responsibilities. On Jan.