SIOUX CITY—A SAC CITY WOMAN WHO DEFRAUDED VICTIMS OUT OF AT LEAST $4-MILLION PLED GUILTY THURSDAY IN SIOUX CITY FEDERAL COURT.
48 YEAR OLD CHARLENE MARIE PICKHINKE WAS CONVICTED OF ONE COUNT EACH OF WIRE FRAUD, MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT, MONEY LAUNDERING AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT.
SHE ADMITTED THAT FROM 1995 TO 2008, WHILE EMPLOYED AT A SAC CITY BANK, SHE SOLD MORE THAN 40 FRAUDULENT CD’S TO UNKNOWING VICTIMS.
SHE ALSO ADMITTED SHE FRAUDULENTLY OPENED TWO BANK ACCOUNTS USING THE NAMES AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF DECEASED BANK CUSTOMERS.
SHE FACES A POSSIBLE MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 82 YEARS IN PRISON AND FIVE YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE.
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