A 49-year-old woman attempted to purchase a $1.2 million home with a forged Pennsylvania credit union cashier’s check.
Carroll Township Police charged Katherine D. Kempson of Dillsburg, Pa., last month with four counts forgery and one count of writing a bad check.
Police said Kempson allegedly went to the website of the $3.3 billion Members 1st Federal Credit Union in Mechanicsburg, Pa. and copied the cooperative’s logo. She then allegedly pasted the logo on a fake $1.2 million cashier’s check.
Kempson also wrote a bad check to Caldwell Banker Real Estate for $60,000 and forged the signatures of a Members 1st Federal Credit Union employees on bank documents.
The police did not say whether the two transactions were related.
After Kempson’s arrest on Feb. 2, she was arraigned on the charges by Magisterial District Justice Richard Thomas and released on $25,000 bail.
The property where Kempson lives on Cabin Hollow Road is scheduled for a sheriff’s sale, according to the York County Sheriff sale listing. The property’s value is approximately $352,000. The mortgage is held by U.S. Bank, according to county records.
The police report did not say whether Kempson is a member or an employee of Members 1st FCU. A CU Times phone message seeking comment from the credit union was not returned by a 1:30 p.m. deadline on Tuesday.
