Woman Used Fake ID, Even With Police, in Ongoing Fraud Scheme
Officers said a Bridgeport woman used a fake ID to illegally
obtain credit used to make more than $8,000 in purchases and
then continued to use the ID and fake name with authorities when
questioned about the purchases.  A fraudulent but active ID had
allowed a Bridgeport woman to rack up more than $8,000 in
illegal credit card charges and she may have gotten away with it
for a while longer if not for an American passport that revealed
her true identity, police said Monday.  Officers on Friday
arrested 30-year-old Sevaria Douglas at Pilgrim Furniture in
Southington as she was attempting to use a credit card and false
ID to make a purchase, police said.  What makes the attempt
interesting – the woman’s card was flagged and she had already
denied to authorities once that it was illegally obtained, even
signing documents using the fake name.  “The card has been used
to purchase $8,505.75 worth of merchandise from local businesses
and when first questi