N.J. woman used fake ID to deposit stolen $417K check, feds say

A 30-year-old New Jersey woman used a stolen identity and a fraudulent driver’s license to try to deposit a stolen U.S. Treasury check worth more than $410,000 at a Connecticut credit union, federal authorities alleged.

Madisyn Pettaway was indicted Sept. 3 on charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Connecticut said Thursday.

Pettaway’s federal public defender couldn’t immediately be reached Friday…

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