On March 23, 2026, Officer Keesey of the Austin Police Department spoke with C. J. W., the President of The Joseph Company, Inc., a Minnesota corporation located in the City of Austin, County of Mower. C. J. W. Advised Keesey that approximately $70,000.00 was transferred from The Joseph Company’s business account to an unknown account. C. J. W. Stated that he believes the corporation’s ex-accounting manager, JENNIFER ANN WOLF DOB/010273, the defendant herein, wired the money to herself. C. J. W. Told Officer Keesey that the defendant was employed with The Joseph Company from May 27, 2025, until January 8, 2026, when she resigned.
C. J. W. Stated that the defendant had authorization to write checks from the business account but was not authorized to electronically transfer money. C. J. W. Provided Officer Keesey with bank statements showing corporate funds in the amount of $69,042.77 were electronically transferred from The Joseph Company business account to US Bank Account (ending #550) as follows: On 11/15/2025 - $225.00 On 11/26/2025 - $18,596.77 On 12/15/2025 - $21,621.00 On 12/24/2025 - $28,600.00 C. J. W. Later advised that he believed the defendant made the transactions in those dollar amounts because she knew the amounts that would have raised internal red flags.
Det. Hicks submitted a subpoena to U. S. Bank regarding the account the corporate funds were transferred into. On May 15, 2026, U. S. Bank provided a response indicating that the account (ending #550) is a Home Equity Line of Credit (“HELOC”) account held by the defendant. On May 27, 2026, at approximately 4:30 P.M., Det. Hicks spoke with the defendant via phone. The defendant confirmed that she was employed by The Joseph Company in the accounting department, and that paying bills was part of her normal tasks.
Det. Hicks advised the defendant that there were four electronic transfers of funds from The Joseph Company account to her HELOC account. Det. Hicks asked the defendant if there was anyone else who would have access to both The Joseph Company account information and her HELOC account information. She responded by saying she no longer has her accounts because they were compromised. The defendant claimed that in March of 2026, she realized that someone used her online banking information and attempted wire transfers.
The defendant claimed that US Bank closed her accounts, including her checking, savings, credit cards and HELOC. She also stated that the bank would not open new accounts for her, so she had to switch to a different bank. The defendant told Det. Hicks that the only transfers she made into her HELOC account was from an external account held by her ex-boyfriend, “John Cox” who lives in Bozeman, MT. The defendant stated that “John” gave her his account number so she could transfer funds into her HELOC account.
