Two women indicted in bank fraud

BANGOR – A Troy woman was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury for bank fraud more than three years ago.

Kelly-Jean Burk, 38, is accused of depositing nearly $60,000 in counterfeit checks and debit authorizations in her KeyBank checking account between Dec. 15 and 30, 1999. After depositing them she withdrew a total of $28,840 from the account that month and in January.

LeeAnn C. Getchell, 26, of Hermon, a former Bangor Saving Bank employee, was indicted for embezzling more than $1,000 between September 2001 and Aug. 26, 2002.

The cases are unrelated, but if convicted, each woman faces up to 30 years in prison and fines of up to $1 million. They also could be ordered to pay restitution and be sentenced to a maximum of five years of supervised release.

Also indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor were:

Chris Powell, 32, Mount Vernon, possession of firearm by a felon and armed career criminal.

Eugene Erwin Allen Jr., 32, Washburn, transporting stolen property worth more than $5,000, illegal possession of firearms.

Francisco Aquino-de la Rosa, 47, Dominican Republic, illegal entry into the United States after deportation.

Last week, three people waived indictment in federal court and entered pleas to a variety of charges.

Lori A. Savage, 34, of Madrid pleaded guilty to one count of engaging in a health care fraud scheme to embezzle more than $70,000 from her former employer. She worked as the office manager of Rangeley Family Dentistry, a health care benefit program that receives payments for services from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Frederick W. Ohmach Jr., 45, of Augusta pleaded guilty to 10 counts of bank fraud for using a Pennsylvania man’s account to transfer more than $8,000 to a KeyBank account in the summer of 2000.

Tyler Ray Kinney, 31, of Presque Isle pleaded not guilty to a charge of possession of a firearm after a conviction for domestic violence.