A Cape May woman was one of two people who cashed or attempted to cash fraudulent checks totaling more than $10,000, according to a triblive.com article.
According to the Sept. 20 article, Alyssa Wright, 27, of Cape May, and Bryce C. Sanders, 24, of Franklinville, Gloucester County, were charged Thursday, Sept. 19, with forgery, theft and receiving stolen property.
Wright and Sanders are accused of cashing the bogus checks, which were made out to a cyber school that falsely stated they were sent on behalf of the Greensburg Salem School District in western Pennsylvania.
According to the article, police reported that Greensburg Salem’s business manager called police Aug. 13 after a series of fraudulent checks were cashed by unauthorized people at various banks in Delaware. The checks, sent Aug. 1, were written out to a cyber school in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
There was an attempt to cash one check worth nearly $3,900 at Stepping Stones Federal Credit Union in Wilmington, Delaware, triblive.com reported. The credit union held the check and called the school district to verify the check.
A copy of the check was sent to the school district, showing Sanders’ name and home address, triblive.com reported. Sanders reportedly told police the check he attempted to cash was mailed to him from the school district, but he could not explain why he received the payment.
A second check, worth more than $6,000, was deposited into Wright’s PNC Bank account Aug. 7, according to records the bank gave police on Monday, Sept. 16. Triblive.com said Wright told police she had never heard of the school district and never received a check from it, but confirmed she has an account with PNC Bank.
An email forwarded to police by the school district indicated the check was accepted by PNC and was believed to be fraudulent.
A preliminary hearing for Wright and Sanders has not yet been scheduled, and bail information has not been posted, triblive.com said.
