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Greenwich Police received a report of a potentially fraudulent purchase made at the Sunglass Hut store located at 260 Greenwich Avenue on Thursday, Feb. 21 around 1:30 p.m.
Upon further investigation, officers discovered that 34-year-old Juan Rodriguez-Torres of New Rochelle had allegedly tried to purchase a pair of Chanel sunglasses (MSRP $585) by using personal and identifiable information of another individual.
Officers then detained the subject and discovered that he had traveled from Greenwich with an intent to participate in fraudulent activity. Rodriguez-Torres was arrested and charged with:
- Fifth-degree larceny/criminal attempt
- Unlawful possession of a personal identifying information access device (9 counts)
- Unlawful completion or reproduction of a credit card (9 counts)
- Third-degree identity theft (9 counts)
- Second-degree forgery (10 counts)
- Interfering with an officer
Rodriguez-Torres posted $50,000 cash bond and is scheduled to appear in Stamford court on Friday, March 8.
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