Athens mother & son charged with forging nearly $48,000
ATHENS, TN (WRCB) - An Athens Realty company secretary is fired after investigators say she forged nearly $50,000 in stolen checks. Police say the woman teamed up with her son to pocket the cash from banks across the area.
"She said she just had trust in her employee, and she didn't notice it because she trusted her," said Athens Police Detective Josh Rhodes.
Rhodes said that when the owner of Athens Realty first went to police, she thought she had just a handful of checks missing.