Police in California have arrested a woman who was reported missing from Connecticut last year, Luxury Handbag Shopping has learned.
Carleen McGeachie vanished from the New Haven area back on September 4, 2025. The woman was reported missing on November 11, 2025.
But on Thursday, February 19, McGeachie, 42, was busted in California for identity theft and bank fraud, closing the missing person’s case in Connecticut.
Police said that she was arrested alongside two New Yorkers: Richard Logan, whose age wasn’t released, and Heaven Richards, who is 25.
McGeachie and her cohorts were the subject of a monthslong investigation into an elaborate fraud scheme that targeted scores of financial institutions throughout Sonoma County, a press release issued on Monday, February 23, reads.
Police in New Haven have confirmed that McGeachie — who was last seen by relatives not far from where New Haven and East Haven meet — is the same person who was arrested last week in California.
The three arrests were made after detectives identified up to five suspects who had traveled from New York’s Tri-State area to California to allegedly conduct fraudulent bank withdrawals.
Officials said that detectives were conducting surveillance on the suspects Thursday and watched them attempt to make other fraudulent withdrawals at several banks throughout the Bay Area. All three were eventually detained without incident, cops said.
“A search warrant was subsequently served at a hotel in Vacaville, where the suspects were staying,” officials said.
There, police allegedly recovered more than $15,000 in cash and evidence connected to an identity theft allegedly committed at the hotel. With the cash, detectives also seized fraudulent identification cards and credit cards.
Similar evidence was found inside McGeachie’s car, police said. Police did not specify the banks the three allegedly defrauded.
All three suspects were booked into the Sonoma County Jail without bail on charges related to bank fraud and identity theft, officials said. It was unclear how McGeachie knew her codefendants in the case.
Investigators said they will continue probing the fraud ring and have been reviewing a wealth of financial documents recovered during the search that are connected to the bogus transactions.
Police also said that additional arrests are likely as more suspects are identified and caught in the act.
McGeachie’s family has been notified that she is no longer missing but has not commented on the allegations against her.
It was unclear if the trio were suspected of committing any crimes as they made their way from the East Coast to California.
Plea and attorney information for all three was unavailable at press time.
In California, a felony identity theft conviction can result in a sentence of between 16 months and 3 years in county jail, along with a fine of up to $10,000.
If she is convicted of bank fraud, the Connecticut woman could receive a sentence of up to 20 years in prison per count and fines up to $250,000.
In most cases, the convicted person is also ordered to pay restitution to the victims. If they have any kind of professional license, they also face losing it.
