North Haven police charged four New York residents with credit card fraud after police say they tried to use stolen credit cards at a local business, the North Haven Citizen reported.
Sabreena Young, 24, Andrew Swainson, 24, Donica Collins, 25, and an unidentified 17-year-old were arrested Wednesday, June 11, 2014 and charged with unlawful completion or reproduction of a credit card, illegal use of a credit card, unlawful use of a scanning device or re-encoder, criminal attempt to receive goods obtained by illegal use of credit cards and sixth-degree larceny.
A Universal Drive business reported they attempted to purchase electronic devices using the fraudulent credit cards Lt. Kevin Glenn, police spokesman said. Over a dozen fraudulent credit and gift cards were found in their possession.
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Young, Swainson and Collins were each detained on $20,000 bond. The 17-year-old was released to his mother and will appear in Juvenile Court.
According to the State of CT government website, a person commits third-degree identity theft when "he intentionally obtains, without permission, another person's personal identifying information and uses it to illegally obtain or attempt to obtain money, credit, goods, services, property, or medical information."
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Third-degree identity theft is a class D felony, punishable by up to five years imprisonment, a $2,000 fine, or both (CGS § 53a-129a, as amended by PA 03-156).
It is (1) second-degree identity theft, a class C felony, to commit identity theft involving money, credit, goods, property, or services valued at over $5,000 and (2) first-degree identity theft, a class B felony, if the value is over $10,000. A class C felony is punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment, a $10,000 fine, or both. A class B felony is punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment, a $15,000 fine, or both.
