Woman sentenced to jail for passing phony checks

Nico Rossi
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EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — A Maryland woman has been sentenced to prison, followed by a term of supervised release for passing fraudulent checks.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennyslvania annouced that Lucy Annette Alexander, 37, of Maryland and Washington D.C. was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release.

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U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam says Alexander pleaded guilty to bank fraud on May 2, 2023, after admitting that she wrote hundreds of checks between 2012 and 2021 at numerous stores including:

  • PetSmart

  • Sears

  • Dollar Tree

  • Weis Market

  • Food Lion

  • MOM’s Organic Market

  • Giant Food

  • Harris Teeter

  • The Home Depot

  • Sally Beauty

  • Advance Auto Parts

  • Costco

  • Barnes & Noble

  • Hobby Lobby

  • BJ’s Wholesale Club

  • CVS Pharmacy

  • Party City

  • SHOE SHOW

  • Bed Bath & Beyond

  • Roses Discount Store

Karam adds that the bank accounts from which Alexander wrote the fraudulent checks were from a closed account, meaning there weren’t any funds to cover the purchases made and the stores listed above.

In May 2020, Alexander also used seven checks from Chase Bank totaling over $17,000, even though she was aware she had insufficient funds in the account to cover the checks, officials say.

U.S. Attorneys say Alexander passed over $300,000 in fraudulent checks during the above time period.

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