Case Document 5 Filed 10/30/18 P2991 0f3 PaueID 4 DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN OF TFXAS 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COU .4 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION OCT 3 2018 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CLERK, us. DISTRICT COURT By V. N0 Deputy LAURIEANNREESE 4 1 8 2 its- INFORMATION THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY ALLEGES THAT: COUNT ONE Violation: 18 U.S.C. 1344 (Bank Fraud) A. Introduction At all times material to this Information: 1. Defendant Laurie Ann Reese (?Reese?) was a controller for the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarrant County Accordingly, she managed ?nancial accounts and prepared checks for signature. 2. The American National Bank of Texas was a ?nancial institution as de?ned in 18 U.S.C. 20 and was located in Fort Worth, Texas, in the Northern District of Texas. maintained a checking account at the American National Bank of Texas. B. The Scheme and Arti?ce 3. Between on or about January 6, 2013, through on or about April 19, 2018, in the Northern District of Texas, defendant Reese did knowingly and intentionally Case 4:18-cr-00269-Y Document 5 Filed 10/30/18 Page 2 of 3 PageID 5 execute a scheme to defraud the American National Bank of Texas, and to obtain money or property under the custody and control of the American National Bank of Texas by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. C. The Manner and Means of the Scheme and Arti?ce 4. Reese, without lawful authority, knowingly and fraudulently used a signature stamp of a executive and forged the signature of a different executive on checks drawn from checking account at the American National Bank of Texas. 5. Reese made the checks payable to herself, and caused the checks to be presented at various ?nancial institutions located in the Northern District of Texas. 6. In an effort to conceal her fraudulent activity, Reese falsi?ed ?nancial records and moved monies between accounts prior to annual audits. 7. Reese?s fraudulent scheme extended to approximately 326 fraudulent checks in the approximate amount of $992,854.02. D. The Execution of the Scheme and Arti?ce 8. On or about December 29, 2014, Reese wrote check number 6303 drawn from American National Bank of Texas checking account in the amount of $3,108.67. Reese made the check payable to Laurie Reese, fraudulently used a executive?s stamp and forged another executive?s signature purportedly authorizing the check, and Reese presented the check to Southwest Bank, located at 740 S. Saginaw Boulevard Saginaw, Texas 76179, in the Northern District of Texas. Reese then caused $3,108.67 to be deposited into Reese?s personal bank 2 Case Document 5 Filed 10/30/18 Page 3 of 3 PageID 6 account. In Violation of 18 U.S.C. 1344. Respectfully submitted, JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS, ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSEPH D. BROWN U.S. ATTORNEY Eastern District of Texas an CHRISTOPHER A. EASON Special Attorney to the US. Attorney General