An Oklahoma City woman was handed a six-month federal prison sentence for forging a judge’s signature, wrapping a deceptive ploy around the judicial system to secure a car loan approval. The U.S. Attorney’s Office reports that 37-year-old Amanda Christine Dailey attempted to dupe a credit union, using a falsified bankruptcy discharge order that bore the forged signature of Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge Sarah A. Hall.
It was back in August 2022 when Dailey filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, with the dominoes of deceit toppling a year later, in August 2023. She strutted into a car dealership, documents in hand, claiming her financial slate had been wiped clean, as reported by federal prosecutors. After presenting the forged document to the car dealership, the loan, which was partly secured through a federal credit union, was approved. While the law eventually caught up, the vehicle was purchased under false pretenses, having been obtained with a document that falsely reflected she was discharged from bankruptcy, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Following an investigation led by the FBI Oklahoma City Field Office, Dailey’s charade met its end. Charged on October 1, 2024, by a federal grand jury, she later pleaded guilty on January 16, acknowledging she had fashioned a court order complete with Judge Hall’s supposed signature. “She forged a court order with Judge Hall’s signature,” Dailey admitted during her guilty plea, as stated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office…