Middleburg, Pa. — An Ohio woman known for conducting a “check washing” scheme in several states pleaded guilty on Jan. 15 in Snyder County court to two theft charges.
Jennifer Carol Folzenlogen, 63, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of theft by deception for a $125 fraudulent check and a felony theft by deception charge for a $3,000 check, according to Snyder County District Attorney Heath Brosius.
The incidents involved “check washing,” a form of financial fraud in which the suspect steals checks from mailboxes, uses chemicals to erase the original payee and amount, and rewrites the check to themselves for a larger sum which they cash at a bank out of a victim’s account. Police say Folzenlogen was part of an organized crime group out of New York that steals victims identities and withdraws money out of their accounts…