Police: Community Health Care Center employee attempted to use forged checks

An employee of the Community Healthcare Center on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Wichita Falls is accused of trying to deposit a forged check for $130,000 on the center’s bank account into her own account.

Rebeca Munoz was jailed Tuesday on two forgery charges and a charge of securing an execution document through deception.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit:

The healthcare center learned in May from Wells Fargo Bank a check written on its business account was made payable to Munoz. The bank held the check pending an investigation.

Munoz is employed at the healthcare center. The center’s business manager told police the check was a computer-generated forgery that contained the center’s name, account number and routing number.

Police found a report from February related to another bank claiming Munoz attempted to negotiate a forged check for $85,000. The bank refused to take it.

In an interview with police, Munoz admitted trying to pass a third fraudulent check at a financial institution for $35,000 that was rejected.

Munoz claimed someone who contacted her online sent the forged checks to the banks. She said once the checks cleared, she was to take her percentage and send the rest to the contact. She said she did not know how the online contact got the healthcare center’s information.

Munoz was jailed in lieu of a total of $60,000 bail.

The Community Healthcare Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that offers primary medical care, often to Wichita Falls residents who cannot afford other medical care.

This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: Police: Community Health Care employee attempted to use forged checks