Investigators say the check was issued as partial payment for construction of Wilton's new police headquarters but was intercepted and deposited into a bank account opened under a false identity by 62-year-old Davis Segui of Brooklyn. Detectives say $150,000 was then transferred to a personal account belonging to 26-year-old Mahamadou Sillah of the Bronx, who withdrew and used the funds.

Segui was arrested in July 2025 by U.S. Marshals and extradited to Connecticut, where he was charged with Larceny in the First Degree and Identity Theft in the First Degree. His bond was set at $1 million.

A second warrant was later issued for Sillah. New York police took him into custody, and on June 3, 2026, Wilton detectives traveled to Rikers Island to bring him back to Connecticut after he waived extradition. He was processed on charges of Larceny in the First Degree and Conspiracy to Commit Larceny in the First Degree and held on a $500,000 bond.

Both men were identified through bank surveillance and extensive investigative work, police said.