Fraud, Forgery, Theft Charges Filed In Pierceton Case
July 23, 2018 at 4:38 p.m.
Fraud, Forgery, Theft Charges Filed In Pierceton Case
By David [email protected]
Police say Sarah Elizabeth Elder used another woman’s banking information to write checks using a third woman’s personal information.
Elder, 39, of 1363 S. CR 450E, Pierceton, was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 2:24 p.m. Friday for fraud on a financial institution and on a warrant in a civil matter. Her preliminary bond was set at $5,750.
Court documents filed June 15 list the charges against her as fraud on a financial institution, a level 5 felony; two counts of forgery, level 6 felonies; identity deception, a level 6 felony; and theft, a level 6 felony.
On June 11, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department deputy Shane Bucher spoke with woman No. 1, who said she wrote checks to businesses on May 11 and mailed those at Syracuse-Webster Road. She checked her checking account and found unknown persons had written checks on her account without her permission. She provided copies of the checks to Bucher and said the persons made fraudulent checks using her checking account routing and account numbers.
Check #18194 was written May 11 for $575.94 to woman No. 2. Check #18196 was written May 11 for $592.65, also to woman No. 2. Both checks were cashed at a deli mart, and the deli mart deposited the checks into its bank account.
Check #18195 was written May 11 for $592.65 to woman No. 2 and cashed at a Wabash bank. Check #18193, written?May 11 for $565.25 to a man, was cashed at the deli mart.
Total of the checks was $2,326.49. The victim’s bank reimbursed her and had a loss for the $2,326.49.
Bucher went to the deli mart and spoke with the owner, who provided surveillance video of the transactions for checks #18194 and #18196 and provided copies of the identifying information that the woman had used. The identifying information was an Indiana driver’s license belonging to woman No. 2. Bucher viewed the surveillance video and determined the woman cashing the check was not woman No. 2, but was Elder using woman No. 2’s personal information.
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Police say Sarah Elizabeth Elder used another woman’s banking information to write checks using a third woman’s personal information.
Elder, 39, of 1363 S. CR 450E, Pierceton, was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 2:24 p.m. Friday for fraud on a financial institution and on a warrant in a civil matter. Her preliminary bond was set at $5,750.
Court documents filed June 15 list the charges against her as fraud on a financial institution, a level 5 felony; two counts of forgery, level 6 felonies; identity deception, a level 6 felony; and theft, a level 6 felony.
On June 11, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department deputy Shane Bucher spoke with woman No. 1, who said she wrote checks to businesses on May 11 and mailed those at Syracuse-Webster Road. She checked her checking account and found unknown persons had written checks on her account without her permission. She provided copies of the checks to Bucher and said the persons made fraudulent checks using her checking account routing and account numbers.
Check #18194 was written May 11 for $575.94 to woman No. 2. Check #18196 was written May 11 for $592.65, also to woman No. 2. Both checks were cashed at a deli mart, and the deli mart deposited the checks into its bank account.
Check #18195 was written May 11 for $592.65 to woman No. 2 and cashed at a Wabash bank. Check #18193, written?May 11 for $565.25 to a man, was cashed at the deli mart.
Total of the checks was $2,326.49. The victim’s bank reimbursed her and had a loss for the $2,326.49.
Bucher went to the deli mart and spoke with the owner, who provided surveillance video of the transactions for checks #18194 and #18196 and provided copies of the identifying information that the woman had used. The identifying information was an Indiana driver’s license belonging to woman No. 2. Bucher viewed the surveillance video and determined the woman cashing the check was not woman No. 2, but was Elder using woman No. 2’s personal information.
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