Area Woman Accused of Forging Checks, Stealing Nearly $9K from Employer to Be Sentenced Next Week

Aly Delp

Aly Delp

Published December 31, 2020 5:28 am
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CLARION CO., Pa. (EYT) – An area woman who reportedly forged checks and stole nearly $9,000.00 from her employer is scheduled to be sentenced next week.

Court documents indicate President Judge Sara J. Seidle-Patton is scheduled to sentence 38-year-old Niki Lorraine Borowski, of Franklin, at 9:00 a.m. on January 6 on one first-degree misdemeanor count of receiving stolen property.

Borowski pleaded guilty to the above charge on October 21.

As a result of the plea agreement, the following charges were dismissed:

– Theft By Unlawful Taking-Movable Property, Felony 3
– Forgery — Alter Writing, Misdemeanor 1 (17 counts)

Borowski is currently free on $10,000.00 unsecured bail.

Details of the case:

According to a criminal complaint, Niki Borowski started employment at a Knox Borough business as an office employee in charge of payroll and supply purchases for the company in 2016 and was terminated in May 2018.

According to the complaint, between December 31, 2016, and March 9, 2018, Borowski forged the signatures of the owner and the president of the business on several payroll checks that she was not authorized to be issued.

She allegedly made out two paychecks to herself for the same pay periods, one check that was legitimate and signed by the owner and the president of the company and a second check was fraudulent in which she forged the signatures of the owner and the president of the company, the complaint states.

The amount of the checks that were unauthorized and forged by Borowski totaled $7,613.81, the complaint indicates.

Borowski also without having permission paid her husband’s credit card payments for the months of January, February, and March of 2018 with the known business’ checking account in a total amount of $1,144.85 for the three months.

Restitution in the amount of $8,758.66 is being requested.

According to the complaint, when interviewed by Knox Borough Police, Borowski stated she “ran into financial hardship and needed the extra money.”

Borowski was arraigned in front of Magisterial District Judge Jarah Lee Heeter at 9:12 a.m. on Thursday, February 20.

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