1 Read / Add Comments
A Fairfield County woman has been arrested for an alleged credit/debit card scam after being caught using one at a Greenwich Avenue business.
Athanasai Sgouris, 58, of Stamford, was arrested on Monday, Dec. 14 after Greenwich Police responded to a Central Greenwich business on the report of the scam, police said.
While on the scene, officers made contact with Sgouris and found that using an online web application she was allegedly orchestrating a gift card conversion scam that defrauded the company out of $3,250, police said.
The investigation revealed that Sgouris was laundering money through store-based gift cards and sending the fraudulently purchase merchandise to sales-tax-free states, police added.
1 Read / Add Comments
A Fairfield County woman has been arrested for an alleged credit/debit card scam after being caught using one at a Greenwich Avenue business.
Athanasai Sgouris, 58, of Stamford, was arrested on Monday, Dec. 14 after Greenwich Police responded to a Central Greenwich business on the report of the scam, police said.
While on the scene, officers made contact with Sgouris and found that using an online web application she was allegedly orchestrating a gift card conversion scam that defrauded the company out of $3,250, police said.
The investigation revealed that Sgouris was laundering money through store-based gift cards and sending the fraudulently purchase merchandise to sales-tax-free states, police added.
1 Read / Add Comments
A Fairfield County woman has been arrested for an alleged credit/debit card scam after being caught using one at a Greenwich Avenue business.
Athanasai Sgouris, 58, of Stamford, was arrested on Monday, Dec. 14 after Greenwich Police responded to a Central Greenwich business on the report of the scam, police said.
While on the scene, officers made contact with Sgouris and found that using an online web application she was allegedly orchestrating a gift card conversion scam that defrauded the company out of $3,250, police said.
The investigation revealed that Sgouris was laundering money through store-based gift cards and sending the fraudulently purchase merchandise to sales-tax-free states, police added.
New shop brings a California lifestyle to Greenwich Avenue
FacebookTwitterEmail
1of15
Store manager Katja Shrouder poses inside the Jenni Kayne store in Greenwich, Conn. Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. The California-based lifestyle clothing and home store opened on Greenwich Avenue two weeks ago, joining two New York City stores as the company s first expansions to the east coast.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
2of15
The new Jenni Kayne store in Greenwich, Conn., photographed on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. The California-based lifestyle clothing and home store opened on Greenwich Avenue two weeks ago, joining two New York City stores as the company s first expansions to the east coast.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Greenwich digs out from first major snowstorm
FacebookTwitterEmail
1of18
Bret John shovels snow in front of his home in Chickahominy on Thursday.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
2of18
Mario Alberto uses a snowblower to clear snow from a driveway.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
3of18
4of18
Harrison Cajas, left, and others shovel a driveway in the Byram section of Greenwich, Conn. Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The area received more than half a foot of snow starting Wednesday night and continuing into the early morning hours.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
5of18
Kristie Sarno, left, shovels snow in front of her home in the Byram section of Greenwich, Conn. Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The area received more than half a foot of snow starting Wednesday night and continuing into the early morning hours.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less