By Associated Press - Saturday, April 25, 2015

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota woman has been charged with forgery for allegedly cutting herself a $250,000 check on the dime of a cooperative in Linton.

Forty-year-old Michelle Biegler was charged this week with felony forgery.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that Mandan police were notified after KEM Electric reported a forged check on its bank account.



A police investigation found that Biegler was an employee of a Mandan-based company and had access to the KEM’s account information. She allegedly used that information to forge a check worth a quarter of a million dollars.

Biegler allegedly took the check to a bank in Steele and used part of the money to purchase a home. The rest was deposited in a bank account.

The Steele woman is being held at Morton County Correctional Center.

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