What began as a routine tax payment ended with a Bradenton resident missing more than $60,000 and a woman facing felony charges, according to investigators.
Kay Pasquet, 32, is charged with fraudulent use of personal identification involving $50,000 to $100,000 and grand theft involving $20,000 to $100,000, court records show, after deputies say she deposited an altered tax check into a bank account that did not belong to her.
Pasquet’s attorney, however, argues she was not the architect of the alleged scheme and claims others recruited her to deposit a check she did not know was fraudulent…