Woman, 54, Charged With Money Laundering, Identity Theft: Darien PD

DARIEN, CT — A 54-year-old woman accused of fraudulently trying to cash a check at a Darien bank in October 2022 was arrested last week, according to the Darien Police Department.

A Darien police officer went to Stamford Superior Court on Feb. 8 to serve an arrest warrant for Donna Hurley, of Harlem, N.Y.

The warrant charges Hurley with conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny; second-degree money laundering; first-degree identity theft; and criminal impersonation.

Police said that on Oct. 20, 2022, Darien officers responded to First County Bank on the Post Road on a report of a fraudulent business account that had recently been opened.

The branch manager at the bank told police that a woman, later identified as Hurley, opened the business account on Oct. 18 with a company name listed with a Darien address, police said.

Hurley came back the following day and tried to cash a check into the business account for $558,994, police said.

The bank became suspicious because of discrepancies in paperwork, police said, noting that the branch manager was also notified that a woman looked similar from another branch where fraud was reported.

Hurley was identified after Darien authorities were contacted by a Stamford Police Department investigator who believed Hurley was also involved in a forgery case there, police said.

"Further investigation determined the check deposited by Hurley was a stolen check from a company out of Michigan," police said.

Hurley was given a court-set bond of $250,000. She was arraigned in court on Feb. 8.