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NEWS: Ex-Truist Bank worker jailed for three years over check fraud scheme

Truist Bank

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

A former Truist Bank employee has been jailed for almost three years and ordered to pay the lender almost $400,000 following a major check fraud scheme.

Mariarlene Brown — also known as “Mati Mom” – is one of eight Georgia residents sentenced over a counterfeit check-cashing scheme that used stolen check information, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia said.

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