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 Check Kiting Ring Broken Up 

  

2/23/2010 | Contact: Lt. David Parker 907-786-8724
Police Department

On 2-23-09, Anchorage Police Department Financial Crimes Detective Tiffani Loughman arrested the suspected leader of a large check forgery/kiting ring.  Arrest warrants and felony summons have been issued for a total of 13 suspects.  More arrests are anticipated as the investigation continues to reveal additional suspects.

The suspected ring leader, Jenny Beckett, a 32 year old Anchorage resident, is charged with purchasing blank checks from numerous people and in turn, paying others to open bank accounts and then cash the forged checks against their accounts. The banks accept the bogus and stolen checks without verifying their validity because the amounts for which the checks are written are below the banks’ fund verification thresholds. By the time the banks realize that there are no funds to support the checks, Beckett and others have the cash which they split. 

Beckett is charged with 33 felony counts including Scheme to Defraud, Theft 2^nd degree, and Forgery 2^nd degree.  Thus far the detectives have discovered 78 checks which were drawn on the phony accounts for a total of $27,788.10.  Jenny Beckett is scheduled to be arraigned on 2-24-10 after 1430 hours in Anchorage Jail Court.

Note: A criminal charge is merely an accusation of criminal wrongdoing.  All persons charged with crimes are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty by a court of law.