{"id":206114,"date":"2010-01-20T23:31:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T04:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=11725"},"modified":"2010-01-20T23:31:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T04:31:07","slug":"ex-cop-convicted-of-trying-to-deposit-bogus-1m-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/206114","title":{"rendered":"Ex-cop convicted of trying to deposit bogus $1M check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Cook County judge today convicted a 38-year-old <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/neighborhoods.html?region=3275031\" rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow'><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/neighborhoods.html?region=1435491\" rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow'>Chicago<\/a> woman of attempting to deposit a $1 million bogus check.<\/p>\n<p>And not only was the defendant in Wednesday&#8217;s bench trial a former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/neighborhoods.html?region=3275031\" rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow'><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/neighborhoods.html?region=1435491\" rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow'>Chicago<\/a> police officer, but prosecutors say she attempted to deposit the bad check in her account at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/neighborhoods.html?region=3275031\" rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow'><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/neighborhoods.html?region=1435491\" rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow' rel='nofollow'>Chicago<\/a> Patrolmen&#8217;s Federal Credit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/neighborhoods.html?region=1395418\" rel='nofollow'>Union<\/a>. <span id=\"more-11725\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Circuit Court Judge William Lacy found former officer Tiffany Brown guilty of forgery, attempted theft and official misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Brown tried to deposit the check in August 2006, saying it was a windfall from a legal settlement involving Six Flags Great America amusement park in suburban <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/neighborhoods.html?region=1395231\" rel='nofollow'>Gurnee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Great America said the check was fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, who had been on the force since 199, was stripped of her police powers after her arrest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<em>The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from <a title=\"Ex-cop convicted of trying to deposit bogus $1M check\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagotribune.com\/~r\/ChicagoBreakingNews\/~3\/z4dQGmFCZcw\/ex-cop-convicted-of-trying-to-deposit-bogus-1m-check.html\"  rel='nofollow'>Tribune News Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/rFjK2VS7Lu5AI7qBlmFjyQf2Ywg\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/rFjK2VS7Lu5AI7qBlmFjyQf2Ywg\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/rFjK2VS7Lu5AI7qBlmFjyQf2Ywg\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/rFjK2VS7Lu5AI7qBlmFjyQf2Ywg\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=ZkTnxUVQcAA:k3MH6nvrosk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=ZkTnxUVQcAA:k3MH6nvrosk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=ZkTnxUVQcAA:k3MH6nvrosk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=ZkTnxUVQcAA:k3MH6nvrosk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/ZkTnxUVQcAA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cook County judge today convicted a 38-year-old Chicago woman of attempting to deposit a $1 million bogus check. And not only was the defendant in Wednesday&#8217;s bench trial a former Chicago police officer, but prosecutors say she attempted to deposit the bad check in her account at the Chicago Patrolmen&#8217;s Federal Credit Union. 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