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🌱 How a $33K fraud scheme reached a Watertown bank branch

Also, don't miss Xfinity Event Coming to Ocean State Job Lot Shopping Plaza in Litchfield! on the Watertown Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a $33K fraud scheme reached a Watertown bank branch

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Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

• Man used diverted tax returns, stolen identity in $33K Thomaston bank fraud, police say (nhregister.com) — A complex bank fraud scheme reached the Oakville section of Watertown, where local police arrested a woman attempting a $16,000 withdrawal tied to diverted tax returns and a stolen identity. Investigators say the case involves more than $33,000 in fraudulent withdrawals, a Hartford man now facing serious felony charges, and a multi-agency search that seized cash, electronics, and other items.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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