A Connecticut man, who police say is affiliated with customer impersonation crimes in multiple states, was charged after visiting a Jackson Township bank late last year.

Jackson Township police charged George Robert Burek, 57, of New Haven, Conn., with one felony count each of forgery, identity theft, access with a counterfeit device and theft related to a Dec. 13 incident.

Police said Burek withdrew $8,900 from a Freedom United Credit Union customer’s account after presenting a false passport. All passport information matched the information of the true customer.

Police said he attempted to write a personal check for the withdrawal using the false identity. The credit union rejected the initial withdrawal but approved two subsequent withdrawals for $5,700 and $3,200, police said.

A bank teller described Burek to police as acting “very sketchy” with his head down the entire time and smelling of marijuana, according to the affidavit.

An officer interviewed the identity theft victim Dec. 18 after he reported the fraudulent charges, according to the affidavit.

Police said surveillance footage helped them identify Burek’s vehicle later that night when it entered the Dairy Queen parking lot in Harmony. Police said footage showed Burek enter and exit the Freedom United Federal Credit Union in Northgate Plaza before returning to his vehicle.

An officer identified the vehicle as a 2024 Volkswagen Taos registered to Sixt Rent-A-Car, LLC, a car rental agency in Allegheny County. A United States Postal Inspection Service Task Force Officer obtained the renter’s information showing the car was rented Dec. 10 through 14 under an unknown individual’s name, according to the affidavit.

An officer then requested information for the suspect and vehicle via the Southwestern Pennsylvania Intelligence Network and received multiple responses from the Pittsburgh area. Police said they found Burek opened two accounts with North Shore Bank in Wisconsin under a new identity, and made attempts at four locations to impersonate a University of Wisconsin Credit Union member to access funds.

Police said they obtained a passport matching Burek’s photo and description after it was left at Clearview Federal Credit Union in Moon Township, Allegheny County.

An officer with the Waukesha Police Department in Wisconsin used facial recognition software Jan. 7 and found Burek was in the Dane County Jail in Wisconsin, according to the affidavit.

The task force officer arrested known associate Luis Cuascut, who admitted to being affiliated with Burek and crimes in the Pittsburgh area, on Jan. 9 according to the affidavit. Police said Cuascut is the head of a Dominican gang out of Bronx, N.Y., known for “customer impersonation crimes.”