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Greenwich Police said plainclothes officers were patrolling the downtown business district on Thursday, Dec. 14, when they spotted a vehicle believed to be tied to counterfeiting crimes.
Shortly after, a Mason Street business owner contacted police saying that two men were passing counterfeit bills at their business.
Officers arrested the three suspects without incident.
An investigation found that they had a history of using counterfeit $100 bills to buy $25 worth of merchandise in order to get real money back, police said.
Inside their car, officers reportedly found 16 counterfeit $100 bills along with several fake IDs, a counterfeit debit card, and a phony social security card.
The suspects were identified as:
- Jahsaan Etienne, age 22, of Brooklyn
- Keshon Phillips, age 22, of Newark, New Jersey
- Levell Burnett, age 22, of Newark, New Jersey
All three are charged with multiple counts of forgery and conspiracy to commit forgery and larceny.
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