Two more felony cases filed against a Waupaca woman with eight pending felony cases.
Lorrenda A. Fritz, 50, was charged with felony fraud against a bank and felony bail jumping for activities in August, and with felony bail jumping and three misdemeanor counts of worthless checks for activities in May.
Waupaca Police Officer Nicole Hahn responded to a fraud complaint from Bank First.
According to the criminal complaint, bank staff told her Fritz opened a checking account on Aug. 10 with a $152 payroll check.
Fritz’s account included a feature called “remote capture,” which allowed her to make deposits via the internet by taking pictures of the front and back of a check.
Over the next four days, she used remote capture to deposit seven checks totaling almost $1,720, the complaint says.
Bank First identified the checks as being issued by HSBC, but the routing number on the checks did not match any bank.
In early May, Fritz allegedly cashed three checks totaling $143 on closed accounts with HSBC and Wells Fargo.
History of fraud, bad check charges
On Dec. 4, 2017, Fritz was charged with two felony counts of forgery uttering, three counts of forgery, obstructing an officer and possession of drug paraphernalia.
In 2017, Fritz was allegedly involved in a scheme — https://waupacanow.com/2017/12/13/four-charged-with-forgery/ — where she used her computer to print fake checks for a non-existent business called “Custom Candles.”
She then made the checks out to friends who cashed them, kept part of the cash and dropped off Fritz’s portion in either cash or meth, the 2017 criminal complaint says.
On Dec. 12, 2017, Fritz was released from custody after posting a $500 cash bond with the condition that she not possess or cash any checks other than her Social Security check.
On Feb. 9, 2018, Fritz was charged with four counts of forgery uttering as party to a crime and released on a $2,000 signature bond.
On March 1, she was charged with felony theft through false representation and six counts of forgery uttering as party to a crime. She was released on a $2,000 signature bond.
On March 8, Fritz was charged in Adams County with forgery, forgery uttering and two counts of worthless checks. She was released on a $1,000 signature bond.
On May 10, she was charged with felony bail jumping and released on a $2,000 signature bond.
On May 30, she was charged with four counts of felony bail jumping and released on a $3,000 signature bond.
In two separate cases on June 11, she was charged with four counts of felony bail jumping, one count of worthless checks and released on a $3,000 signature bond.
Police say her whereabouts are unknown and a warrant has been issued for her arrest.