Wilton Police have made a second arrest in a years-long investigation into a stolen Town of Wilton check connected to construction of the town’s new police headquarters.
On Wednesday, June 3, Wilton Police extradited a Bronx, NY, man accused of receiving and withdrawing approximately $150,000 from a fraudulently obtained town check. The suspect, 26-year-old Mahamadou Sillah of the Bronx, was arraigned in Connecticut after being taken into custody with assistance from the NYPD Bronx Warrant Squad.
Sillah has been charged with first-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny.
The arrest stems from a sophisticated fraud scheme involving a Town of Wilton check issued to the general contractor overseeing construction of the new police headquarters. According to Wilton Police Deputy Chief Rob Cipolla, the check was valued at approximately $333,000.
Police previously arrested Davis Segui, 60, of the Bronx, on July 31, 2025. Investigators allege Segui used the personal identifying information of the contractor’s CEO to open a fraudulent bank account, then deposited the stolen town check into that account.
According to Cipolla, Segui subsequently obtained a $150,000 money order in Sillah’s name.
“Through the investigation and looking at ATM surveillance video, we were able to identify the person that was then cashing out at ATMs and physical bank locations,” Cipolla said. “The money from that $150,000 money order was indeed the person who we arrested today.”
Investigators determined the $150,000 was deposited into Sillah’s account and withdrawn over roughly four days through ATM transactions and in-person bank withdrawals.
Police were able to recover a significant portion of the stolen funds early in the investigation. Cipolla said Sillah is accused of withdrawing the remaining approximately $150,000 from the stolen check after investigators froze and recovered roughly $179,000 that remained in the fraudulent account.
The investigation required extensive financial records analysis, search warrants, surveillance review and coordination among multiple law enforcement agencies. Because Sillah lived outside Connecticut, Wilton Police relied on the NYPD Bronx Warrant Squad to locate and apprehend him.
“This is great news,” First Selectman Toni Boucher said. “It is gratifying to know that our police department has been relentless in the pursuit of these criminals. It has been a long investigation and Wilton detectives have turned over every stone to make this second arrest.”
After Sillah waived extradition, Wilton detectives traveled to New York and transported him from Rikers Island to Connecticut early Wednesday morning.
Cipolla said investigators still do not know exactly how the original check was intercepted.
“That’s what we don’t have that answer through our investigation,” he said, noting that mail theft schemes can occur at various points in the delivery process and sometimes involve individuals far from where a check originated (although he said the police have no suspicions that this is what happened in this case).
At this point, police do not have active leads pointing to additional suspects, though Cipolla said that could change if new information emerges. Investigators believe they have now arrested both the individual who allegedly committed the identity theft and opened the fraudulent account, as well as the person accused of withdrawing the $150,000.
Sillah was held on a $500,000 bond pending arraignment Wednesday. Cipolla said he had not yet received an update on the court’s disposition following the hearing.
The earlier case against Segui remains pending in Connecticut Superior Court, where records show a plea of not guilty has been entered.
Cipolla credited Wilton detectives with conducting an exhaustive investigation that included financial records analysis, surveillance review and coordination with law enforcement agencies in multiple jurisdictions.
“The detectives did great work, running down the weeds and doing exhaustive, relentless investigative work to result in these arrests,” Cipolla said. “The subject today that was arrested got to see the new police headquarters that they stole money from.”
The stolen check was part of a payment issued by the Town of Wilton to the project’s general contractor during construction of the new police headquarters, according to police.
