CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — A Georgia woman has been arrested for forgery and identity theft after investigators say she cashed fraudulent checks belonging to a Pennsylvania company.
According to the Lower Allen Township Police Department, the case began on Aug. 21, 2023, when Liberty Excavators, a Pennsylvania construction firm, reported possible fraud involving payments to United Rentals in Atlanta.
The company said it had mailed a check on Aug. 7, 2023, but later discovered that some invoices were still unpaid. Investigators found that the check had been forged and cashed at a Navy Federal Credit Union branch in Richmond Hill, Georgia, on May 26, 2023, for $16,640.47.
Surveillance footage showed a woman later identified as Kanisha Harris, who matched the suspect’s driver’s license photo and distinctive red hair and nose ring. Police said Harris also attempted to cash another forged check for $18,732.47 at the same branch on June 7, 2023, but the transaction was flagged and denied by the bank’s fraud system.
Lower Allen Township Police obtained a warrant for Harris’s arrest on charges of forgery and identity theft. She was taken into custody in Georgia on Sept. 21, 2025, and is awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania.
