A resident told Tarrytown police that she had started working for what she believed was an Internet company in September but had since been the victim a costly scam.
The company name was supposedly Brandward Resources. All the woman's communications with the company was in email. The email they used was "branwardresources@gmail.com."
The woman was sent a check on Oct. 11 for $4,000 from the Bank of Newport Middleton, RI. She deposited the check in her Chase bank account and was directed by the suspect to send two Western Union wire transfers in the amounts of $1,600 and $1,750 to two parties in the Ukraine.
The woman was later advised by Chase along with the bank of Newport Middletown that the $4,000 check was fraudulent.
The woman is awaiting further documentation from her bank and incident was noted for the record at this time.
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