DALLAS TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman is facing charges after police say she wrote out fake checks worth over $34,000 from a victim under her care.
The Dallas Township Police Department has filed charges against Dina Sabecky of Edwardsville in connection to a series of fraudulent transactions.
The victim hired Sabecky as a personal caretaker in 2014. As time went on, police said the victim and family members discovered "significant financial discrepancies" in the victim’s Wells Fargo Bank account.
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Investigators stated they determined that Sabecky made unauthorized ATM withdrawals, altered checks, deposited them into a personal account, and forged the victim’s signature.
Search warrants revealed a total of 80 fraudulent checks equalling to $25,675 deposited between 2019-2020 and additional checks from 2017-2018 brought the total loss to $34,638.
On December 18, Sabecky was arraigned on the following charges:
Identity Theft
Forgery
Theft by Deception – False Impression
Theft by Unlawful Taking
Sabecky was released on $25,000 unsecured bail.
