Fraud Purchase Stopped In Trumbull Mall: PD

TRUMBULL, CT — Police arrested a man who tried to fraudulently buy three iPhone 7 phones at the Sprint store in the mall, according to police.

Algeni Bautista-Bussi, 21, of Bridgeport was charged with criminal attempt at fourth-degree larceny and criminal impersonation.

Sprint employees noticed that the account that Bautista-Bussi was trying to use to buy the phones was already flagged as compromised. They called the account holder who said that the phone buying scheme was a fraudulent transaction, police said.

The phones were valued at $1,950.

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