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Greene County woman arrested in fake check scam
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| The NY State Police arrested Traci L. Bushie-Campagna of Purling Tuesday for allegedly distributing counterfeit money orders and checks through the mail as part of a potentially international scam. |
By Andrew Amelinckx
Hudson-Catskill Newspapers
The NY State Police arrested a Purling woman Tuesday for allegedly distributing counterfeit money orders and checks through the mail as part of a potentially international scam.
Forty-one-year-old Traci L. Bushie-Campagna was arrested after the New York State Police in Livingston began an investigation into reports of numerous suspicious packages containing counterfeit money orders being mailed from the UPS store in Greenport.
Investigators traced the packages back to Bushie-Campagna, said authorities.
The investigation, in conjunction with SP Catskill, turned up more than 150 additional counterfeit money orders and checks along with Fed Ex and UPS mailing labels and packages.
Bushie-Campagna was arrested and has been charged with first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, a class C Felony, in connection to the counterfeit money orders and checks in Columbia County.
“She admitted that she knew what she was doing was illegal,” said State Police Sr. Inv. Gary Mazzacano.
Bushie-Campagna was arraigned in the town of Greenport court by Judge Francis Abitabile and remanded to the Columbia County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash or $20,000 bail bond. Her next court date is scheduled for August 3.
Mazzacano said that Federal authorities have been notified in the case, but he was unsure whether they would pursue separate charges.
The senior investigator said that these kinds of scams have become very commonplace around the country.
This is this the second arrest SP Livingston investigators have made concerning local residents actively involved in money order scams.
In November 2007, a 44-year-old Philmont woman, Teresa M. Pulcher, was arrested for her involvement in a Nigerian Internet scam involving forged travelers checks.
Pulcher allegedly acted as a middleman in the scam that involved passing counterfeit Bank of America and Chase Bank travelers checks worth more than $800,000.
The fraud originated from Nigeria and involved passing the fake checks across the United States from Ohio to California. She was a suspect in a similar case in 2006, but wasn’t charged due to a lack of evidence said Mazzacano at the time of the arrest.
Pulcher had answered an e-mail add she had received and was sent the bogus checks and told to send them out to others on a list that was provided. She sent them and was allegedly waiting for her cut—$500 —which she never received.
She pleaded guilty and was sentenced in Columbia County Court by Judge Paul Czajka to 90 says in jail and five years probation.
Mazzacano said the two cases were nearly identical.
To reach reporter Andrew Amelinckx call 518- 828-1616, ext. 2267 or e-mail aamelinckx@registerstar.com
Forty-one-year-old Traci L. Bushie-Campagna was arrested after the New York State Police in Livingston began an investigation into reports of numerous suspicious packages containing counterfeit money orders being mailed from the UPS store in Greenport.
Investigators traced the packages back to Bushie-Campagna, said authorities.
The investigation, in conjunction with SP Catskill, turned up more than 150 additional counterfeit money orders and checks along with Fed Ex and UPS mailing labels and packages.
Bushie-Campagna was arrested and has been charged with first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, a class C Felony, in connection to the counterfeit money orders and checks in Columbia County.
“She admitted that she knew what she was doing was illegal,” said State Police Sr. Inv. Gary Mazzacano.
Bushie-Campagna was arraigned in the town of Greenport court by Judge Francis Abitabile and remanded to the Columbia County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash or $20,000 bail bond. Her next court date is scheduled for August 3.
Mazzacano said that Federal authorities have been notified in the case, but he was unsure whether they would pursue separate charges.
The senior investigator said that these kinds of scams have become very commonplace around the country.
This is this the second arrest SP Livingston investigators have made concerning local residents actively involved in money order scams.
In November 2007, a 44-year-old Philmont woman, Teresa M. Pulcher, was arrested for her involvement in a Nigerian Internet scam involving forged travelers checks.
Pulcher allegedly acted as a middleman in the scam that involved passing counterfeit Bank of America and Chase Bank travelers checks worth more than $800,000.
The fraud originated from Nigeria and involved passing the fake checks across the United States from Ohio to California. She was a suspect in a similar case in 2006, but wasn’t charged due to a lack of evidence said Mazzacano at the time of the arrest.
Pulcher had answered an e-mail add she had received and was sent the bogus checks and told to send them out to others on a list that was provided. She sent them and was allegedly waiting for her cut—$500 —which she never received.
She pleaded guilty and was sentenced in Columbia County Court by Judge Paul Czajka to 90 says in jail and five years probation.
Mazzacano said the two cases were nearly identical.
To reach reporter Andrew Amelinckx call 518- 828-1616, ext. 2267 or e-mail aamelinckx@registerstar.com
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