TOMS RIVER — An Atlantic City woman faces multiple charges after authorities said she deposited fraudulent checks into an OceanFirst Bank account and withdrew $9,000.
Shiela Harvey, 59, was charged July 28 with two counts of theft by deception, four counts of forgery and four counts of issuing bad checks, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.
An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Economic Crime Unit found that Harvey opened a bank account and deposited four checks that appeared to be drawn from a JPMorgan Bank account that did not exist, authorities said.
Investigators allege Harvey later made two withdrawals of $4,500 each despite knowing she was not legally entitled to the money.
Harvey surrendered July 28 at Little Egg Harbor Township Police Headquarters. She was processed and released on a summons pending her first appearance in state Superior Court.
Billhimer credited the prosecutor’s Economic Crime Unit and the Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department with conducting the investigation.
The charges are accusations. Harvey is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
