3 People Accused Of Trying To Cash Stolen U.S. Treasury Check: Greenwich Police

GREENWICH, CT — Three people were arrested on Sept. 9 after police said they tried to cash a stolen U.S. Treasury check worth over $5,000 at a bank in the central Greenwich business district.

Brooklyn, N.Y., residents Kareem Edwards, 32, and Santhiana Altidor, 31, face conspiracy to commit larceny, identity theft and criminal impersonation charges.

Erica Verne, 30, also of Brooklyn, was charged with several conspiracy charges as well as criminal impersonation and first and second-degree identity theft.

On Sept. 9 shortly after 12 p.m., plainclothes officers working in the central Greenwich business district noticed "suspicious activity" at a local bank, police said.

The location listed on the associated arrest reports notes Field Point Road.

Officers working in the area were able to detain three people who were later identified as Edwards, Altidor and Verne, police said.

An investigation found that Verne issued a stolen U.S. Treasury check worth $5,298, which had the personal identifying information of someone else, against a checking account held by another person, police said.

A subsequent search found the arrestees to be in possession of six additional U.S. Treasury checks worth a total value of $8,127, along with several credit and debit cards in other names.

Verne and Altidor were both able to post their $20,000 bonds, while Edwards could not post a $50,000 bond.

All three are scheduled to appear in Stamford Superior Court on Sept. 25.