3 New York Men Charged In Connection With Fraud Attempts In Enfield

ENFIELD, CT — Three New York residents were taken into custody Tuesday after fraud attempts were made at two neighboring businesses in the Brookside Plaza.

According to Police Chief Alaric Fox, around 10:52 a.m. at the Santander Bank branch, one of the men attempted to withdraw money from an account not belonging to him. Around the same time, two other men had entered the TJ Maxx store and attempted to open a fraudulent credit card account.

Investigation yielded the three men were in possession of "an abundance of fraudulent identification on them tying to other (real) people," Fox said.

Russell Smith, 54, of Bay Shore, N.Y., was charged with two counts each of third-degree larceny, payment card theft, third-degree identity theft, criminal impersonation and second-degree forgery. He was held in lieu of $250,000 bond.

Keno Moore, 24, of Greenlawn, N.Y. and Seon Hackett, 25, of New York City, were both charged with two counts each of fourth-degree larceny, payment card theft, third-degree identity theft, criminal impersonation and second-degree forgery. Bond for each man was set at $125,000.

Fox said the investigation by detectives and patrol officers is continuing.