Norwalk police: Bridgeport woman faces charges in fake check scheme
NORWALK — A Bridgeport woman was arrested Wednesday and charged in connection to a fake check cashing scheme that was uncovered by police in October 2019.
Tatiana Rios, 23, was charged with first-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny on Wednesday.
Police said Rios was tied to a scheme that involved a former Webster Bank employee, James Henriquez, who used his access to customers’ private banking information to create fake checks
Henriquez was arrested in October 2019 after police said an investigation found he provided Rios and an unidentified person with information that allowed them to create fraudulent checks, which he then cashed for them.
The alleged scheme came crashing down on Aug. 27, 2019, police said, when coworkers noticed Henriquez cashed three fraudulent checks worth $27,500.
Employees told police a person came into the bank and tried to cash a $9,500 check. When one bank teller refused to cash the check, Henriquez took the man at his counter and processed the check, police said.
While Henriquez was cashing out that check, another man arrived at the Connecticut Avenue bank’s drive-thru with two more fraudulent checks worth a total of $18,000, which Henriquez also cashed, police said.
The third individual believed to be involved in the case has not been idenitified.
Following her arrest, Rios was held on $100,000 bond. She is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 2.