A Kissimmee woman was arrested after using information stolen from a deputy’s niece to attempt cashing a fraudulent check for a $12,500 loan.
An officer got a phone call from a Sumter County deputy on Friday, Oct. 3, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department. Someone, later identified as 36-year-old Courtney Marie Skiffington, was using his niece’s personal information to get a check for a $12,500 loan.
Skiffington tried to cash the check at Ace Cash Express, located at 1346 W North Blvd., at about 4:50 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, using the niece’s driver’s license information. So, the officer went to the loan agency and met with the employee who handled the attempted fraud, the report said.
The employee advised that Skiffington came to the agency with only the fraudulent license and a $12,500 check from OneMain Financial to get it cashed. While processing the application, the employee inspected the ID and the check. Skiffington joked that her ID looked strange because the DMV made an error, the report said…