Buckingham Township Police Department. Photo by James Short.
A Bronx man is facing a felony charge in Bucks County after police said he opened a fraudulent bank account using another person’s account number and attempted to cash checks totaling more than $6,500 at an out-of-state branch.
Bryan Martinez Gutierrez, 27, of the 600 block of Manida Street, NY, was charged with felony access device fraud following an investigation by Buckingham Township Police.
According to an affidavit filed Nov. 24, the case began on Aug. 1, 2025 when a local resident received notice from her bank that her account had been taken over and that someone had attempted to cash one of her checks at a Bank of America branch in Norwalk, CT.
Police said Bank of America’s Doylestown location informed the victim that the Norwalk branch had both security footage and ID photographs of the suspect involved in the attempted transaction on July 28, 2025. Investigators obtained the footage through a search warrant and observed a man handing a check to a teller at the Black Rock Turnpike branch.
According to the complaint, Bank of America’s fraud division also discovered a new account opened under the name of "Bryan Martinez Gutierrez" using the exact same account number as the victim’s. After running a records search, police learned Gutierrez had an active arrest warrant out of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, and the identifying information on that warrant matched the materials tied to the fraudulent banking activity, police said.
Police then contacted the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office for Gutierrez’s booking photo, which investigators said matched the individual seen on the Connecticut branch’s surveillance video.
A warrant was issued for Gutierrez, according to the affidavit. He is not yet in custody as of Dec. 11.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
