Polson woman sentenced in check cashing scheme
Emilie Richardson | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 13 years, 3 months AGO
POLSON — A Polson woman was found guilty of issuing a bad check, common scheme, a felony.
According to court documents Anna Williams issued 16 bad checks to 5 different merchants in Lake County between June 2010 and May 2011.
The defendant, as part of a common scheme, issued checks upon three depositories, Eagle Bank, 1st Citizen Bank and Community Bank, knowing that they would not be paid by the depository, according to court documents all three checking accounts belonged to the defendant.
The County Attorney’s Office sent written notice of nonpayment to the defendant. The defendant failed to make the checks good or otherwise make arrangements for repayment.
The court ordered the defendant to pay restitution and is sentenced to a three year suspended sentence.
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