Local Woman Arrested by Felony Warrant for Fraudulent Check

Greenwich Police arrested a local woman by a felony warrant at her home on Friday. Linda Marie Ciuro, 60, was wanted for Larceny 3 for an incident stemming back to last October.

Police say on that day they responded to the First Bank of Greenwich in Cos Cob on a report from the bank manager that Ms Ciuro, a customer, was en route to the location.

On Aug8, 2022 Ms Ciuro deposited a check into her account in the amount of $4990 made payable to her from valley Bank in Ronan, Montana with the payee listed as The Pheasant Inc.

On Aug 9, 2022 police say Ms Ciuro withdrew $4890 from her account. On Aug 11, 2022 the check was returned to the Fist Bank of Greenwich causing Ms Ciuro’s account to be overdrawn in the amount of $4,963.65.

Upon investigation detectives determined that the check was fraudulent and that the payee, The Pheasant Inc did not have an account with Valley Bank in Ronan, Montana.

Ms Ciuro has a date in Stamford Superior court on Jan 27, 2023.

She was released after posting her $30,000 court set bond.