Man charged after reportedly forging paychecks to re-deposit money

IDAHO FALLS — A 43-year-old man is successful jailhouse aft his leader reported that he had been forging paychecks to re-deposit them.

Jedediah Little was charged pinch 2 counts of felony forgery.

According to tribunal documents, connected Feb. 8, astir 1:18 p.m., a Bonneville County Sheriff’s lawman was asked to interaction nan proprietor of Buchanan Well Drilling astir a forgery/fraud report.

The proprietor told nan lawman that he believed 1 of his employees, Little, was washing checks and trying to walk them.

According to nan owner, connected Feb. 12, The Bank of Idaho contacted him and said personification had been washing checks drawn connected his business account.

Police reports opportunity nan first paycheck was for nan first week of January, successful nan magnitude of $2,457.76. It was issued to Little, who tried to mobile deposit it into his account. The slope flagged nan cheque arsenic perchance fraudulent, declined nan transaction, and notified nan business owner.

Although that cheque was caught, Little had reportedly antecedently tried to deposit nan aforesaid cheque connected Feb. 1 for $457.76 for nan aforesaid salary period, and it cleared. The adjacent day, Little was allegedly caught connected information cameras withdrawing these costs from The Bank of Idaho ATM.

The proprietor told nan lawman that Little had called nan company’s payroll section connected Feb. 1, and said thing was happening pinch his slope account, and location was “money successful his relationship which he wasn’t expected to have.”

Payroll told him to telephone nan slope to cheque if his relationship had issues, which he reportedly did.

According to nan owner, nan Bank of Idaho froze his business relationship because of nan fraudulent checks, which has “been a nightmare for him trying to get things backmost successful bid and efficaciously and efficiently tally his business,” according to constabulary reports.

The proprietor says he said pinch Little astir nan business and was shown nan morganatic paycheck issued connected Jan. 8 for $457.76.

Little signed nan cheque connected nan back, but constabulary reports opportunity nan signature was “illegible.” According to nan owner, Little told him it “wasn’t him doing this.”

The signatures from nan original valid paycheck Little provided and nan signatures connected nan backmost of nan 2 fraudulent checks are reportedly identical.

The lawman besides discovered that Little is presently connected felony probation retired of Payette County for felony possession of a controlled substance.

On Feb. 27, nan lawman met pinch nan worker successful complaint of payroll astatine nan company. She said she knew Little had worked for nan institution “for a short time,” and erstwhile he first started moving pinch them, she helped him group up a checking account.

She told nan lawman she remembered Little calling her successful February and telling her he had immoderate fraud activity connected his account, truthful she suggested he telephone nan slope and study it.

On March 6, nan lawman said pinch Little connected nan phone. Little reportedly stated he knew nan company’s owners but had been terminated “a while ago.”

Little said he remembered nan 2 suspicious checks deposited into his relationship and “did cognize a small much astir nan checks than he told (the owners).”

He reportedly told deputies he withheld accusation from nan company’s owners because he feared losing his job.

Little explained he was “embarrassed” astir what had happened.

According to constabulary reports, Little told nan lawman he had met personification named “Haven Quinn” connected Facebook. This personification allegedly “convinced him to supply her pinch his banking login and password.”

He said that erstwhile he saw nan first fraudulent deposit, he called nan payroll section to study it. He past called nan slope and reported it.

When he noticed a 2nd deposit, he withdrew nan money from nan account. According to tribunal documents, “Haven wanted him to nonstop nan money to 1 of her friends.” Little says he did not cognize nan cheque was forged but was “suspicious of Haven.”

The lawman says successful his study that Little was “insistent” that he noticed nan first cheque was modified and that he did not spot nan 2nd cheque because nan slope only notified him of nan deposit.

According to Little, he utilized nan withdrawn money to salary nan bills and planned to repay nan company’s owners.

Later that day, nan lawman met pinch Little successful person, wherever he was shown a matter speech betwixt Little and Haven. The speech starts pinch Haven saying, “You blocked and stole from me,” and Little responding, “You sewage maine f****** fired from my job.”

Haven past tells Little he sewage himself fired, and Little responds, “Yeah by giving you my login accusation and you tried to scam me.” Haven responds, “I ne'er did…God sees my bosom and he knows I tin ne'er do thing to wounded my chap human.”

A warrant for Little’s apprehension was issued connected May 21, and Little appeared successful tribunal for an first quality connected Tuesday. His enslaved was group to $25,000.

Little is scheduled to look for a preliminary proceeding connected June 18. If convicted, he could look up to 28 years successful prison.

Though Little has been charged pinch these crimes, it does not needfully mean he committed them. Everyone is presumed guiltless until they are proven guilty.