Pair Accused Of Stealing $129,000 From 92-Year-Old Westport Victim

WESTPORT, CT — A 29-year-old Bridgeport woman, and her 34-year-old Hartford friend, were arrested this week on larceny, forgery and fraud charges after Westport police said the two stole more than $129,000 from a 92-year-old local victim.

Lisbeth Aldiva had been a home health care aide for the elderly woman, one of two who were employed to assist her. Westport police began investigating Aldiva in June, after the victim's daughter reported to police that money was missing from her mother, and there had been some "suspicious" debit card charges.

"The initial investigation involved the missing money from the residence, suspicious credit card charges, and suspicious ATM withdrawals," police said. "As this investigation proceeded, the two home health aides were replaced, and the investigating detective prepared search warrants for the fraudulent credit card charges. It was at this time, that the elderly woman’s daughter reported $129,180.75 had been stolen from several of her mother’s brokerage accounts."

Hiram Mojica, the Hartford suspect, has a relationship with Aldiva, according to police.

"From June 2022 through September 2022, both Ms. Aldiva and Mr. Mojica are captured on surveillance conducting over 90 fraudulent ATM withdrawals," police said. "Through an exhaustive investigation involving search warrants, surveillance, surveillance evidence, telephone transcripts, and accounts opened by the suspect in the name of the elderly woman."

Police obtained warrants for the two, who were charged with the following:

• Larceny 1st/Conspiracy to Commit Larceny 1st
• Forgery 1st/Conspiracy to Commit Forgery 1st
• Telephone Fraud/Conspiracy to Commit Telephone Fraud
• Illegal Use of a Credit Card/Conspiracy to Commit Illegal Use of a Credit Card
• Criminal Impersonation/Conspiracy to Commit Criminal Impersonation
• Fraudulent Use of Automated Teller Machine/Conspiracy to Commit Fraudulent Use of Automated Teller Machine
• Identity Theft 1st/Conspiracy to Commit Identity Theft 1st

"Additionally, during the booking process, Mr. Mojica was found to be in possession of suspected heroin/fentanyl and a pipe commonly used to smoke crack cocaine," police said. "Further, he had an outstanding re-arrest warrant from Waterbury PD for Failure to Appear."

Mojica was additionally charged with:

• Possession of Controlled Substance
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Tampering with Evidence
• Interfering with and Officer
• Failure to Appear 2nd

The two were held on bond, and are scheduled to appear in court at a later date.