Lancaster County woman charged with stealing nearly $52,500 from disabled husband

Deborah Moyer forged checks, made wire transfers and used her husband's credit cards to take $52,466.55 from his accounts over a 5-month span, police claimed.

Author: Keith Schweigert (FOX43)

LANCASTER, Pa. — A Lancaster County woman has been accused of stealing nearly $52,500 from her disabled husband's bank accounts by forging his signature on checks and making other unauthorized transactions in his name.

Deborah Moyer, 53, of Lancaster, is charged with 34 felony counts of identity theft, 18 felony counts of forgery, a felony count of access device fraud, and a felony count of financial exploitation of a care-dependent person, according to charging documents filed by the East Lampeter Township Police.

The victim, an amputee who is dependent on others for care and transportation, came forward to authorities on April 3 after being contacted by his bank about a check he'd failed to sign, according to police.

The victim told the bank he hadn't written any checks and advised the check was fraudulent, prompting an investigation that discovered several checks written in his name that he hadn't authorized, police said.

The resulting investigation determined that between Nov. 25, 2024, and April 2 of this year, Moyer had forged the victim's name on nine checks to take $32,500 out of his account, according to police. 

She also made 25 other transactions using the victim's credit cards and made wire transfers to take an additional sum of approximately $20,000 from the victim's account, which she was not authorized to access, police said.

The investigation determined that Moyer used the money to pay off her own credit cards and to transfer funds to another person, according to police.

In all, she is accused of taking $52,466.55 from the victim's account, police said.

Moyer was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Deborah Commons on Wednesday and remanded to Lancaster County Prison after failing to post bail of $100,000, according to court records.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 25.

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