Jahmalier Grant, a resident of Cooks Hill, has been mandated by the High Court to repay over $4,000 or serve a six-month prison sentence following her admission to a 2022 check fraud scheme. The court delivered its verdict on Thursday, convicting Grant on three counts of obtaining money through forged instruments. She is required to pay $2,300 in restitution by mid-December and an additional $2,000 fine by the end of January. According to prosecutors, Grant cashed three fraudulent checks totaling $2,300 at a wholesale business in September 2022. The checks originated from a stolen checkbook taken during a residential burglary. Initially, Grant claimed that a young man had provided her with the checks, but she later confessed to forging them herself. The fraudulent checks were cashed on September 7 and September 9 on Lower Market Street, all bearing the same forged signature. Grant, a mother of three, had initially pleaded not guilty to six related forgery charges, which prosecutors subsequently withdrew. She ultimately pleaded guilty to the charges of obtaining money by forged instruments last month.
Jahmalier Grant Ordered to Repay $2,300 or Face Jail in Check Fraud Case
