Teh One Who Knocks
08-28-2020, 11:29 AM
by LESLIE RUBIN - WCHS ABC 8
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CHARLESTON, W.Va (WCHS / WVAH) — A Kanawha County woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with an alleged elaborate fraud scheme.
Holly Urlahs, also known as Holly Anderson, 32, of Elkview, is charged with bank fraud, mail fraud, forging the signature of a judge and two counts of aggravated identity theft, according to U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart.
The indictment alleges that Urlahs falsely claimed to have sued Charleston Area Medical Center and was expecting a large financial settlement from her lawsuit. Stuart said she set out to defraud financial institutions and an insurance company.
According to the indictment, Urlahs altered a $100 cashier’s check to reflect an amount over $8.4 million. The indictment also alleges that she provided fake documents with forged signatures and a personal check for $1 million, although she knew she did not have sufficient funds in her account, to an insurance company to obtain an annuity contract. Urlahs’ check was returned for insufficient funds.
“The allegations contained in this indictment are very serious,” Stuart said. “I commend the work of the investigators in this case – they were able to unravel the defendant’s elaborate fraud scheme.”
The investigation was conducted by the West Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations and the West Virginia Insurance Commissioner’s Special Investigations Division.
If convicted on all counts, she faces up to 55 years in prison.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va (WCHS / WVAH) — A Kanawha County woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with an alleged elaborate fraud scheme.
Holly Urlahs, also known as Holly Anderson, 32, of Elkview, is charged with bank fraud, mail fraud, forging the signature of a judge and two counts of aggravated identity theft, according to U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart.
The indictment alleges that Urlahs falsely claimed to have sued Charleston Area Medical Center and was expecting a large financial settlement from her lawsuit. Stuart said she set out to defraud financial institutions and an insurance company.
According to the indictment, Urlahs altered a $100 cashier’s check to reflect an amount over $8.4 million. The indictment also alleges that she provided fake documents with forged signatures and a personal check for $1 million, although she knew she did not have sufficient funds in her account, to an insurance company to obtain an annuity contract. Urlahs’ check was returned for insufficient funds.
“The allegations contained in this indictment are very serious,” Stuart said. “I commend the work of the investigators in this case – they were able to unravel the defendant’s elaborate fraud scheme.”
The investigation was conducted by the West Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations and the West Virginia Insurance Commissioner’s Special Investigations Division.
If convicted on all counts, she faces up to 55 years in prison.