Georgia Resident Pleads Guilty in Stolen Check-Washing Scheme

Federal prosecutors have secured a guilty plea from a Georgia woman accused of altering hundreds of thousands of dollars in checks stolen from the mail and advertising them for sale on social media. Mikela Kendrick, 24, of Byron, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud before U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia. Kendrick and an accomplice obtained the checks between August 2024 and September 2025 before using chemicals to erase and rewrite payee names and amounts. She offered the altered checks in bundles of three for $600 each, with every check carrying a face value of at least $10,000.

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