On August 25, 2025, Ofc. Rick Wanderscheid, with the Mankato Department of Public Safety, was dispatched to contact Witness 1 regarding a check fraud complaint. Witness 1 works for a bank in the City of Mankato. Witness 1 stated that on August 11, 2025, a male, who would later be identified as Kevin Joseph Heger, cashed two different fraudulent checks drawn on the bank from an account held by Business 1. One check was written in the amount of $1,450 and the other check was written in the amount of $2,450 (total $3,900). Both of the checks were presented and cashed at the bank’s branch in the City of Mankato.
Witness 1 stated that the next day, August 12, 2025, a male identified as Adrian John Littlewolf cashed two different checks drawn from the bank from an account held by Business 2 (the parent business of Business 1). One check was written in the amount of $2,354.67 the other was written for $2,854.67 (total $5,209.34). Both of the checks were presented and cashed at the bank’s branch in the City of Mankato. LETSS Ofc. Emily Mathiowetz assisted in the investigation. Ofc. Mathiowetz contacted Witness 2 who works for Business 1. Witness 2 stated that she had received an email from a business claiming that they had never received payment from Business 1. Witness 1 stated that she then checked into the business’s accounting program and noted that there were four check numbers that were cashed that were never written out to Heger or Littlewolf.
Witness 1 examined photocopies of the checks and noted that the checks were fraudulent. Witness 1 stated that neither Littlewolf nor Heger had permission to draw checks from Business 1 or Business 2.
