SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — A Williamstown man has been charged with false pretenses after police said he made more than $8,000 in unauthorized transactions from another person's bank account, in a case reported at Southern State Correctional Facility, Vermont State Police said Monday.

Police said they received a report Sept. 10 that an inmate at the prison had used a bank card without permission. Investigators determined that Chris A. Relation, 54, had made the unauthorized transactions through the victim's account, police said.

Relation is being held at Northeast Correctional Complex on an unrelated matter, according to police. He was given a citation to appear Dec. 15 in Windsor County Superior Court to answer the false pretenses charge.

Police did not identify the victim or say how Relation is alleged to have gotten access to the account.

The charge is an allegation, and Relation is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

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