On June 2 Greenwich Police patrol and plain clothes officers were detailed to a bank in the central Greenwich business district on a report of a fraudulent transaction in progress.
Officers working in the area were unable to initially locate the suspects, but later located the suspect vehicle in Stamford and were able to detain and positively identify the arrestee and co-conspirators.
The investigation revealed that the arrestee, Kenneth Pineda, 28 on New York, NY, conspired with at least two other individuals and presented a counterfeit Citizens Bank check in the amount of $4,950 using the victim’s account information. The counterfeit check was made payable to another individual, and the arrestee attempted to deposit the check into a Citizens Bank account bearing that individual’s name…