Westport News: Identity Theft
#Westport CT-- In May of 2019, a Westport resident reported that he had been the victim of on-goingidentity theft. The complainant said that as he was reviewing his personal and business accounts,he observed multiple unauthorized checks being written out to an employee of his business. Heidentified the employee as his personal assistant – Jane Andersen. It is alleged that Ms.Andersen illegally used the complainant’s identity to wire money from the complainant’sbusiness and personal bank accounts into the operating account of the complainant’s business.Once the money was in the operating account, Ms. Anderson would reportedly make checks outto herself to cover a variety of personal expenses. In addition to the above, Ms. Andersenpurportedly used the complainant’s identity to obtain two loans…