Accused Credit Card Thief Caught on Camera —Twice

Oh dear! Zach Hefnawy seems to have got himself in a spot of bother with the law as the article reprinted from Darien Patch recorded http://darien.patch.com/articles/accused-credit-card-thief-caught-on-camera-twice#.

A Westport man was arrested Saturday after allegedly making over $200 in fraudulent purchases on a Darien resident's lost credit card.

Zachary Hefnawy, 60, was charged with theft of a credit card, seven counts of illegal use of a credit card, receiving goods obtained by illegal use of a credit card, and sixth degree larceny.

The charges stem from a May 21 complaint in which a Darien man told police he had lost his MasterCard after making a purchase at a Norwalk Kinko's the afternoon of the 20th.

Soon after realizing the card was missing, the man went to his bank, where he found that seven fraudulent charges had been made the same day he lost the card.

The purchases, all of which fell between 3:31 p.m. and 5:31 p.m., were made at a ShopRite in Norwalk, a CVS Pharmacy in Westport, a Trader Joe's in Westport. $203 in Metro-North tickets were also purchased in Wesport.

But what gave away Hefnawy's identity, police said, were two separate fill-ups at Tri-S Automative (211 Post Road). Surveillance tape reportedly showed a man matching Hefnawy's appearance gassing up both a Volkswagen and a Mercedes registered to his name.

Surveillance video from the Norwalk ShopRite also showed a similar man making a purchase there at the time indicated by credit card records, according to police.

Along with a member of the Westport Police Department, Darien Police arrested Hefnawy at his residence. He reportedly told officers on the scene that he didn't know what they were talking about and declined to answer questions without an attorney.

Hefnawy was released on $5000 bond and is set to appear in court Sept. 14.

ZHDC Payment Default Handed to Debt Collection Agency

Since ZHDC Architects seem intent on taking no steps to pay their outstanding debts, we have now referred the matter to a debt collection agency. Let's see what success they have.

ZHDC Architects owner resorts to abusive language

We actually received a phone call from ZHDC Architects today (Mr Zach Hefnawy) although as it turned out, it was simply a one-way diatribe with Mr Hefnawy blasting us with abusive and insulting language, calling us f****ing this and sh** ts and threatening to punch us in the head if we ever came near his office.

Hardly the sort of action you would expect of any professional organization. But of course it's generally indicative of someone who is unable to justify their position, and can only respond by abuse.

Photographs on ZHDC web site

It is "interesting" to see that on ZHDC Architects web page http://zhdcarchitects.com/Our_Wooden_Outdoor_Tiles.html where they have made unsubstantiated libelous allegations about the quality of our products, that the pictures which say "The picture shown below is a rooftop in Manhattan, NY", and "It is amazing how you could improve the look of your rooftop with the Ipe wood tile" are actually pictures of wood decking tiles supplied by our company.

Does it not strike you as being rather strange that on one hand ZHDC Architects is attempting to justify a default in payments to us by making unsubstantiated complaints about the quality of our tiles, yet on the other hand and on the same web page, are displaying pictures of actual installations where these tiles have been used, as an example of the amazing way in which you can improve the look of your rooftop.

It is also instructive to note that the decking tiles shown in this particular photographs as supplied by our company constitute part of the consignments of products made to ZHDC Architects in 2008 for which they have defaulted in payment and for which we are still trying to recover payment.

ZHDC resorts to libelous comments on their website

In the face of ongoing pressure from our company to recover money owed by ZHDC Architects, this company has chosen to make libelous and unsubstantiated allegations about our company and products on their website, which they have been alerted to.
It's interesting that a company that claims to be professional should feel the need to resort to such tactics.

But what is even more amazing, is that although this company was dealing with our products for over two years, they were unable to spell our company name or products correctly in their unsubstantiated allegations. And, would you believe that in these allegations, they even included a product range that our company has not been involved with. Just incredible!

Voicemail and 1 person companies

I always find it amusing, when one person companies try to give the appearance that they are a much bigger company with several members of staff.

ZHDC Architects is a great example of this, because even during normal business hours their phone is rarely answered and simply reverts to voicemail where you get the faintly ridiculous request saying to leave a message indicating the person to whom you wish to speak, when its completely obvious that there is only one person in the company.
Why do people do this?
Who are they really trying to fool?
Is it really such a disgrace to be a one-person company?
Or are they trying to hide something?