Greenfield Woman Charged with Forgery, Identity Theft

Police say a 24-year-old Greenfield woman took blank checks from an Elm Grove man, wrote them out to herself and then forged his signature.

She faces more than 60 years imprisonment if convicted.

AnnaMarie Acevedo, who lives in the 9100 block of West Waterford Square, was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court on Wednesday with five counts of uttering a forgery and six counts of identity theft for financial gain, all felonies. Each count carries a maximum sentence of six years of imprisonment and $10,000 in fines.

Elm Grove police were tipped off to the scam back in November when a man told them he believed Acevedo had taken his checks, written them out to herself and cashed them after forging his signature.

The man told police he had met Acevedo at Sendik’s in Elm Grove about seven months earlier. He told them he helped her financially and that she had visited his Elm Grove home on occasion.

He believed he had given approximately $600 in cash and checks, but his bank alerted him a large amount of money, as much as $8,550, had been withdrawn from his account.

When police confronted the woman, she admitted to signing the victim’s name on several of the checks made out to herself that she herself cashed or deposited.

It is unclear from the complaint why there was a delay of months between Acevedo’s arrest and charges being filed.