Woman To Pay Over $4000 For Cashing Stolen Checks

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Woman To Pay Over $4000 For Cashing Stolen Checks

A Cooks Hill resident faces imprisonment if she fails to pay more than $4,000 in court-ordered restitution stemming from a 2022 check fraud scheme.

The High Court sentenced Jahmalier Grant yesterday after she admitted to three counts of obtaining money through forged instruments. Grant must now pay $2,300 in compensation by mid-December and an additional $2,000 fine by January’s end, or spend six months in jail.

Court proceedings revealed that Grant defrauded a wholesale company of $2,300 in total through three separate transactions in September 2022, cashing checks valued at $900, $500, and $900.

The checks originated from a burglary at a private residence where a checkbook was stolen. While Grant initially told authorities that an unidentified young man had given her the checks to cash, she ultimately confessed to forging the documents herself.

Two of the fraudulent transactions occurred on Lower Market Street on September 7, 2022, with the third taking place two days later. All three checks bore the forged signature of the same individual.

Grant, a mother of three, entered not guilty pleas to six related forgery charges, which prosecutors accepted. She pleaded guilty to the obtaining charges last month.

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Comments (11)

  • Janice November 21, 2025, 5:18 PM

    $2,300 may not seem like a huge amount, but to a business, that’s real loss. Good that the court ordered full compensation
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  • Juju Bee November 21, 2025, 5:57 PM

    Sorry for your loss young lady
    Reply
  • Ryan Wedding November 21, 2025, 8:46 PM

    Three forged checks? That’s not a mistake that’s a calculated scheme. The business deserves every cent back
    Reply
  • Faithful National #1 November 21, 2025, 9:52 PM

    Consider yourself the lucky recipient of an early, undeserved Xmas gift, you thief!
    Reply
  • Unruly One November 21, 2025, 10:33 PM

    That aint right! Thats just not right at all and she should be ashamed dfor that. Embarrassing
    Reply
  • Col November 21, 2025, 10:35 PM

    This kind of dishonesty hurts small wholesalers the most. They trust customers, and then things like this happen
    Reply
  • Kool November 21, 2025, 10:40 PM

    This kind of dishonesty hurts small wholesalers the most. They trust customers, and then things like this happen
    Reply
  • Behanzine November 21, 2025, 11:21 PM

    Antigua.news fix your issues. When I comment it doesnt go through. When I comment again it duplicates my comments. Fix you all internal issues please and thanks.
    Reply
  • Lena November 22, 2025, 10:38 AM

    She’s lucky the court gave her the chance to repay instead of sending her straight to prison. If she doesn’t take this seriously, six months behind bars is waiting
    Reply
  • Informed citizen November 22, 2025, 10:40 PM

    $4,000 is a serious penalty, but stealing and cashing checks is a serious breach of trust. Hopefully the lesson sticks.
    Reply
  • Aina November 24, 2025, 12:43 PM

    Honestly, $4,000 in restitution is the least she should be paying. Fraud is theft, plain and simple
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