Farmington police have filed more charges against a woman accused in a scheme to use counterfeit cash to steal high-end purses.
Rosemael Danelyne Paul, 19, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested on Dec. 5 at Hartford Superior Court on an outstanding warrant, accused of using 19 counterfeit $100 bills to buy a handbag from the Louis Vuitton store at Westfarms Mall in early November.
Earlier this month, police arrested her at Westfarms Mall as she tried to exchange two handbags bought with counterfeit money at the Louis Vuitton Store in King of Prussia mall in Pennsylvania, police said.
She has been charged with fourth-degree larceny and first-degree forgery and is due in court today.
Paul has been linked to a group in the northeast of people who purchased high-end handbags at Louis Vuitton stores, then returned them at other Louis Vuitton stores for cash, according to police.
She was held on bond.
