Greenwich Woman Is Accused of Forging Checks Worth Thousands

A Greenwich woman is facing larceny and forgery charges involving the theft of a checkbook from an elderly relative and the forging of the victim’s signature on checks worth thousands of dollars.

Greenwich Police say the suspect surrendered on Friday, Jan. 23 after she was notified police obtained an arrest warrant charging her with first-degree larceny and first-degree forgery.

The victim learned of the forgeries in October from bank officials who told her about “an unusual number of checks written to cash and to the landlord of her niece,” according to a police report.

The victim confronted the suspect and “the suspect related she had stolen the victim’s checkbook and forged her signature to pay for her rent and other living expenses,” according to the report. “The suspect agreed to pay her elderly aunt back but never did,” police said.

Police added in their report, “When the victim further reconciled her finances she found further discrepancies much greater than what the suspect had admitted to and agreed to pay back.”

Police said, “The total stolen was well over $10,000 and seriously impacted the living standard of the elderly victim.”

Eileen R. Johnson, 46, of 142 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich, is being held in lieu of $25,000, according to police. She is scheduled to appear Jan. 30 in state Superior Court in Stamford.

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