Woman Charged With Identity, Credit Card Theft: Greenwich PD

GREENWICH, CT — A woman extradited from Indiana is accused of using stolen credit cards to make purchases in Greenwich earlier this year, police said Monday. According to an arrest report, police said Amanda Banks, 29, of Springfield, Ill., used the cards to make several large purchases from a Greenwich Avenue retailer in February.

After police determined the suspect was Banks, they obtained a warrant for her arrest, police said.

Earlier this month, authorities in Indiana informed Greenwich Police the accused was in their custody on unrelated charges. The department immediately began the process of extraditing her to Connecticut, and she was taken into custody by Greenwich Police on Oct. 10.

The accused was charged with third-degree identity theft, fourth-degree larceny, criminal impersonation, two counts of payment card theft and two counts of illegal use of a payment card.

"This case illustrates how Greenwich Police will pursue these investigations when there are actionable leads," police said in a statement, "even going across the country to bring those responsible to justice."