MPD: Woman deposits $25k worth of forged checks into bank account

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a woman deposited $25,000 worth of forged checks into her First Horizon account and then transferred the fraudulent funds to a Cash App account before the bank figured it out.

Roshell Perkins, 27, was booked in the Shelby County Jail this week on charges of forgery and theft of $10,000 – $60,000.

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First Horizon said several counterfeit checks were deposited into a customer’s account in June and July. WREG photo

Bank investigators said four fraudulent checks from three different businesses were deposited into Perkins’ bank account between June 18 and July 1.

Among them were two checks totaling nearly $6,000 from Jackson Christian School in Jackson, Tennessee, and a $4,163.00 check from Forsyth Rooter Service in Winston-Salem, North Carolina…

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