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Police: Man, 27, Stole and Forged a False Name on a Check in 2022, Arrested This Month

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A 27-year-old man who stole and then altered a check in 2022, was recently arrested at Riker’s Island jail by Darien Police, the department announced. Police gave this further account, including accusations not proven in court:

A woman, apparently from Darien (police didn’t say), told police that on Oct. 25, 2022, the check she mailed out to her painter had been stolen and altered. Mohamed Fofana of the Bronx deposited the check in a TD Bank branch, using a false identity. Fofana also fraudulently created a business entity, Prelude Painting LLC.

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Police: Man, 30, Stole Credit Cards from a YMCA Locker, Then Used Them to Charge $11,206 at a Store

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A 30-year-old man arrested on an accusation he stole money and credit cards from a man’s locker at the Darien YMCA is “linked to similar crimes across multiple states,” Darien police said. Police gave this account, including accusations not proven in court:

The theft was reported to police on March 7. It involved $500 in cash and two credit cards. The cards were used to buy an item or items at the Saks Fifth Avenue store in Greenwich, where a total of $11,206 was charged to the credit card accounts. A police investigation which included surveillance recordings led to identifying the suspect, Alende Olteanu of the Woodside section of Queens, New York.

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Bronx Man, 60, Charged With Using Forgery to Steal From One Darien Bank, Trying to Do the Same at Another

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A 60-year-old man,repeatedly charged with crimes in various states, has been arrested on accusations he used fraud to get money from two banks in Darien and another in Westport, Darien police said. Police gave this account of the matter, including accusations not proven in court. On Oct. 25, 2024, David McMillian of Cedar Avenue in the Bronx used a phony Connecticut driver’s license to cash a counterfeit check for $2,375 at the Noroton Heights branch of M&T Bank. Later, he tried to get $4,200 at another Darien branch of the same bank in the Old Kings Market Shopping Center at 25 Old Kings Highway North.