A Connecticut high school teacher has been arrested for allegedly committing a massive online fraud using computer equipment belonging to the public school system, police said.
James O'Neill, a teacher at Stratford High School, taken be detained The attack was carried out by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in New York on New Year's Day, NBC Connecticut reported.
New York authorities charged him as a fugitive and then extradited him to Connecticut on January 8 on charges of “second-degree forgery, third-degree identity theft, and unlawful operation of an unauthorized repair business.” He has reportedly been charged with.
The charges stem from a Stratford police investigation that began in early November after authorities received information that O'Neill was “competing large-scale fraud over the Internet,” the paper said. That's what it means.
“Anonymous reports state that James O'Neill was falsifying sales invoices and other documents to illegally sell vehicles on Facebook,” Stratford Police Lt. Jerry Pinto said in a statement. said. said In a statement obtained by connecticut post. “A major investigation has been launched by Detective Jennifer Mulolo.”
A search warrant was executed on the vehicle and computer information at O'Neill's Stratford High School in connection with the Dec. 3 charges.
A warrant was issued for his arrest three days later, but he evaded arrest for several weeks before being arrested by CBP in New York, police said.
According to NBC, O'Neal's employment with Stratford Public Schools was terminated and he was released from custody on $75,000 bail and appeared in court Thursday.
