A trio of defendants who played various roles in defrauding First State Bank of Commerce, Oklahoma, have been sentenced in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

The check kiting scheme was carried out by two cattle dealers, John Theodore Linthicum, 53, and Douglas Todd Mayfield, 53, and a bank employee, Angela Gayle Asbell, 61, from October 2016 to January 2017. The bank lost approximately $1.2 million as a result of the scheme.

According to court documents, in the fall of 2016, Linthicum, experienced dwindling cash flow in his cattle business, so he had Mayfield write NSF checks that Linthicum deposited into his bank account. Mayfield provided numerous insufficiently funded checks from his accounts at another bank. Many times he provided signed blank checks, and Linthicum filled in the amounts payable to himself. The checks generally ranged between $100,000 and $375,000. Both men knew that Mayfield did not have sufficient funds to cover the checks.

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