Hartford woman pleads guilty in bank fraud scheme
February 13th, 2010 - 7:32 am ICT by BNO NewsHARTFORD, CONNECTICUT (BNO NEWS) – A resident of Hartford, Connecticut pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of perjury, U.S. Attorney Nora Dannehy announced on Friday.
Pamela Bozzuto, 28, registered a business with the city of Hartford in the name “Speciality Risk Sevices”. She never received permit by the real Speciality Risk Services LLC of Hartford. Next, Bozzuto deposited a stolen check for $146,729 payable to Speciality Risk Services LLC into a TD Banknorth account she opened.
In the nest days she withdrew $137k and gave most of the proceeds to her co-conspirators. She claimed that all she did was at the direction of them. When the police discovered the scheme they presented Bozzuto with a suspect. She lied and pretended that she knew him.
She told officers in repeated occasions that he was her boyfriend and that they lived together. However, she later revealed that all was a lie she perpetrated under the command of her uncle and her real boyfriend.
Bozzuto faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and restitution in the amount of $137,053.
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