Woman Arrested And Charged With Forgery & Larceny

This just in from the Clinton Police Department:

A woman from New Rochelle, New York, Eileen Amy Rivera, was arrested and charged with forgery and larceny.

According to police, Rivera, 22, was working with a counterfeiting group from Peru and New York City and is accused of passing counterfeit $100 bills at several stores at the Clinton Crossing Outlet Center. She was arrested at the mall.

Police say Rivera would launder the money by going to each store and buying something of low value in the $15 to $20 range and pay with the fake $100 bill and receive the change back and the merchandise.

Investigating officer Sgt. Robert Sepega noted that Rivera was arrested on Dec. 6 and charged with three charges of Forgery 1st degree section 53a-138 and Larceny 6th degree section 53a-125b of the Connecticut General Statutes. She was held on a $75,000 and appeared before the Middletown Superior Court on December 7.