Police: NYC woman deposits fake check under fake name, tries withdrawing portions from multiple Pennsylvania bank branches
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL FILE - The First National Bank branch in McAdoo on May 30, 2024.
McADOO – A Manhattan woman is in Schuylkill County Prison after police say she deposited a fake check at one bank under a fake name and was shuttled to several others to withdraw portions of it.
Lisa Murillo, 42, of West 174th Street, Washington Heights, is facing a felony attempted theft charge.
According to the criminal complaint filed by McAdoo Police Chief Anthony Divirgilio, police were called to the First National Bank in town on April 11 for a hold up alarm.
A woman was attempting to leave the bank after she tried to withdraw money from an account flagged as fraudulent. She had provided a fake name, police said.
The day before, she opened an account and deposited a face U.S. Treasury check totaling $20,665 at the First National Bank branch in Shillington.
She told police she had been given a fake ID, social security number, utility bills, and a cell phone from a man named “TiTi.”
The man drove her from NYC to Pennsylvania to open the account. She withdrew $5,000 afterwards and they returned to the city.
The next day, the two returned to the Keystone State, stopping at First National branches in Tannersville and Hazleton, trying to withdraw more cash. She got $5,000 from Tannersville but no cash from Hazleton. There, she was asked to write down her social security number, panicked, and wrote down the wrong one, she told police.
The two then drove to McAdoo and police were contacted.
She was arrested and committed to Schuylkill County Prison, unable to post $100,000 bail.
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