A Georgia grand jury indicted Kristen
Corbett on forgery, identity theft and elder exploitation charges over
$2,000 in allegedly forged checks.
MACON, Ga. — A Macon woman has been charged by a grand jury for stealing thousands of dollars from a charity for wounded veterans, according to a Bibb County incident report and court records.
According to the sheriff's Office, a woman came to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center to report that someone was written unauthorized checks, pulling money out from the Disabled American Veterans branch on Houston Avenue.
The sheriff's office says that the investigation determined that five checks had been written by a woman named Kristen Corbett, taking $2,000 from the non-profit's bank account.
The report says that the assistant admin had noticed that some checks were out of sequence, which prompted the concern.
According to the indictment, Corbett is accused of writing Truist Bank checks that appeared to be written by the woman who reported the fraud, even though she never gave authorization for the checks.
The indictment says that the checks were for the following amounts:
- $410
- $398.90
- $402.76
- $408.20
- $392.99
The indictment says that they all were deposited on Jan. 10, 2025. The report says that the report was made to law enforcement just 19 days later on Jan. 29, 2025.
The woman who reported the withdrawals says that they also reported the checks to the Truist Bank where the account was located, who instructed them to reach out to the sheriff's office and make a report.
An indictment is the first official step in the legal system, where a grand jury decides that there is enough evidence to move ahead on a case.
There is no attorney listed for Corbett in the court records yet.
She's been charged with five counts of forgery in the fourth degree, five counts of identity theft fraud, one count of theft by taking and exploitation of an elderly person, according to the indictment.
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