An Oil City man is facing 93 charges for stealing a number of checks from his father and using them to take more than $10,000 from him.
Oil City police said in a criminal complaint that while Jason Coulter, 45, was living with his father in Oil City, he stole the checks that were connected to a checking account and a home equity line of credit account.
Between February and May, Coulter cashed the checks or made them out in his father’s name for other people to cash, with amounts ranging from $100 to $2,400, without permission of his father, the complaint said.
Coulter also opened a bank account in his father’s name and would deposit money into that account, then spend it at local establishments, including some in Oil City, the complaint said.
He also obtained a debit card from his father’s checking account and used it numerous times to obtain cash at ATM machines as well as for goods at businesses in the Venango County area, the complaint said.
Police totaled all the transactions they were aware of and the total amount of money missing from all the accounts was $10,411.16, the complaint said.
Coulter was charged with felony counts of forgery- unauthorized act in writing, theft by unlawful taking-movable property and identity theft, three felony counts of access device issued to another who did not authorize use, and 87 misdemeanor counts of access device issued to another who did not authorize use.
Coulter’s preliminary hearing is scheduled Wednesday in Venango County Central Court.
