NORTH HAVEN, CT — A Philadelphia man has been arrested and charged in connection with a check fraud scheme that cost a local business more than $250,000.
Brandon Segers, 37, of Philadelphia, was taken into custody on Oct. 21 in Philadelphia by the United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force.
North Haven police detectives traveled to Philadelphia on Nov. 11 and transported Segers back to Connecticut.
The investigation began on Nov. 3, 2024, when the North Haven Police Department received a report of large-scale check fraud involving a business that suffered losses exceeding $250,000 after an altered check was deposited in Philadelphia.
Detectives executed multiple search warrants on financial institutions, cellular devices, social media platforms and associated IP addresses during the yearlong investigation.
Evidence obtained through the warrants led investigators to identify Segers as the suspect.
Segers was charged as a fugitive from justice and detained at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility pending extradition.
He was formally charged with larceny in the first degree, forgery in the second degree and fraudulent use of an automated teller machine.
Segers is being held on bond and is scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on Nov. 12.
