Greensburg Police have accused a second woman of being part of an online firearms sale scheme that bilked $15,235 from 14 customers last year.
Indira Smiljanic, 60, of Greensburg, was charged this week with criminal conspiracy, theft, theft by deception and receiving stolen property in connection with the alleged scam before District Judge Chris Flanigan.
Last month, city Det. Charles Irvin arrested Jennefer Bittner, 24, of Monroeville, with 14 counts each of theft, theft by deception and receiving stolen property.
Irvin alleges that Bittner placed multiple advertisements on a website Armslist.com in 2018, selling various firearms between April and October and had some of the customers reply by sending money orders to an address of “a friend” who resides in Greensburg.
Irvin said that the amounts ranged between $300 and $1,850.
“In each of these cases payment was made for a firearm advertised on Armslist.com. In each of these cases no firearm was delivered to any victim,” Irvin wrote in the complaint.
Irvin said Bittner’s bank records indicated all of the checks were written and endorsed by Bittner and deposited into her bank account.
On May 30, Bittner, who is free on $25,000 unsecured bond, waived her right to a preliminary hearing before Flanigan.
According to court documents, Bittner recently told investigators that “Smiljanic directed her to wire the money to different accounts and believes the money is going to Nigeria.”
Irvin said in court documents that he traced some of the money being wired to an account in Nigeria. He reported “Smiljanic’s boyfriend resides outside of the United States.”
Smiljanic could not be reached for comment.
