3 people from Connecticut are charged for alleged check fraud scheme

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Two women and a man from Connecticut are accused of orchestrated a stolen check and bank fraud scheme.

A report Friday from the Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned an indictment charging the three individuals.

Those charged include 37-year-old Waterbury resident Michelle “Thunder” Freeman, 43-year-old Hamden resident Leshanda Long and 40-year-old Bridgeport resident Omar Eaddy.

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The indictment and court documents allege that Freeman, Long and Eaddy operated a scheme involving the theft of checks from mailboxes and the manipulation of the stolen checks to make them payable to people who served as “ch