The man had presented an HSBC credit card along with a New Jersey driver's licence in the name of John Neill, in the attempt to buy the $30,665 watch.
Suspicious Betteridge staff members called the Greenwich Police Department, who responded with close to ten Greenwich Police officers at two in the afternoon.
The Greenwich Police Department says the credit card is a counterfeit and the man's driver's licence was also a forgery.
James D. Wilson, 51, of 629 Throop Ave., Apt. 1, was charged with illegal use of a credit card, illegal reproduction of a credit card, first-degree identity theft, first-degree forgery, second-degree forgery and criminal attempt.
He couldn't post $50,000 bond and was held in custody in Bridgeport, CT.
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09/12/11 Man Arrested At Betterdige Jewelers on Greenwich Avenue For Credit Card Fraud
A man is facing charges after being accused of fraudulent credit card use at a Greenwich jeweler
Police say 32-year old Emeli Kwasi Attipoe of Brooklyn, New York tried to buy a $23,000 Rolex watch from Betterdige Jewelers on Greenwich Avenue using fake credit cards.
Investigators say the two cards he was trying to use didn't process and the security holograms on them didn't seem right.
They say he also had a fake Illinois license.
Attipoe is being held on $50,000 bond and is due in court later this month.
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