TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - Toledo police are investigating why a woman allegedly used her home computer to create fake checks and then cashed them.
Officers arrested Patricia Vaculik-Garcia early Wednesday on six counts of forgery. She was locked up in the Lucas County Jail pending arraignment in Toledo Municipal Court.
According to police, Vaculik-Garcia used the computer at her house at 1661 Dartmoor Dr. at the end of May to create six checks using an out-of-state company's name and banking information.
Investigators say Vaculik-Garcia cashed the checks at the bank and deposited the money into her own bank account. The checks totaled $3,565.21
Here's how the checks breakdown over the two day period they were allegedly created:
- May 27, 2016
- Check #2411 - $725.00
- Check #2414 - $625.86
- Check #2417 - $785.00
- May 31, 2016
- Check #2412 - $525.00
- Check #2413 - $468.35
- Check #2416 - $436.00
It's not yet known how Vaculik-Garcia allegedly obtained the information to create the checks or if she was affiliated with the company claiming to be victim.
