Police: Woman Tried to Cash Fraudulent Check in Suwanee

A Suwanee woman is facing a forgery charge after twice attempting to cash a check that she said was sent to her from California in a business transaction, according to police.

Tiffany Roxanne Woolen of a Distribution Drive address was booked into the Gwinnett Detention Center on Nov. 25 on a third degree forgery charge, according to jail records.

Woolen first tried to cash the $2,360.89 check at a UPS Store on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, where an employee told her the check was not good, according to the Suwanee Police incident report.

Police said Woolen then tried to cash the check at a nearby Wells Fargo Bank location. 

A Wells Fargo employee told police that Woolen said that she would open a checking account as long as she was able to pull all the funds out right away, according to police.

The bank employee contacted Colorado East Bank & Trust, and was advised by employees there that it was a money order account, and that they had received several calls that day in reference to this fraudulent account.

Woolen told police that she sold three lamps to a man in California over the Internet. Woolen said the man said he would send her a check so that she could cash it and ship the lamps along with the leftover money.  Woolen told police that she was only going to keep $300.00.

This information was obtained from Suwanee Police and the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department. It does not indicate a conviction. Questions should be directed to suwanee@patch.com.