PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A forged $45,000 check tied to the Flagler Museum has led to felony charges against a Boca Raton woman, police say.
According to a Palm Beach Police Department probable cause affidavit, Alexandra C. Kaiser, 31, was arrested on Tuesday and is accused of depositing a counterfeit check drawn on the museum’s Northern Trust account into her personal JP Morgan Chase bank account earlier this year. Kaiser faces one count each of grand theft, uttering a forged check and criminal use of personal identification information.
The investigation began after Northern Trust Bank alerted the Flagler Museum to fraudulent activity involving one of its checks. Police said a check numbered 43631, made payable to Kaiser in the amount of $45,851.17, was flagged as counterfeit after it was deposited on Jan. 28…