On October 2, 2025, the Anoka County Sheriff's Office received a report of checks stolen from a mailbox. J. A., the office manager for Jetson Inc., "Victim" herein, reported that on or about August 6, 2025, she mailed checks on behalf of Victim from her residential mailbox located on the 4100 block of Wildwood Dr NE, city of Ham Lake, county of Anoka. J. A. Had learned over the previous two weeks that the intended recipients never received the checks. J. A. Then learned that some of those checks had been deposited via the Chime app by an unknown person.
Law enforcement learned that five checks were known to have been fraudulently cashed. Two of those, check # 37358 written to McNeilius Steel for $155.70 and check # 37357 written to L. W. For $987.50 for a total of $1,143.20, were deposited on 08/13/25 and 08/06/25 via the Chime app to an account at the Bancorp bank. Law enforcement reviewed copies of the deposited checks. On the back of the checks an unidentified party had written "pay to the order of" followed by an illegible signature. Law enforcement obtained a search warrant for records from Bancorp, which showed that the checks had been deposited via a Chime app account owned by JENNIFER TASHA STIEL [DOB REDACTED], "Defendant" herein into a Bancorp account also owned by Defendant.
An officer spoke with Defendant by phone. She denied knowledge of the check cashing. Further attempts to follow up with her were unsuccessful.
