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KGMB9 55 Years
Wanted Wednesday: Jasmine Johnson Print E-mail
Written by Ramsay Wharton - rwharton@kgmb9.com   
March 12, 2008 08:40 AM

 
April 24, 2004: Honolulu police say the First Hawaiian Bank in Waipahu gets hit, not by an armed robber, but by a convicted forger: 30-year-old Jasmine Johnson. They say Johnson wrote a stolen check out to herself for about $300, forged the signature of the check's owner and cashed it without drawing attention.

"She just signs the back, it matches her ID, gives her fingerprint like normal and the transaction looks good," said Sgt. Kim Buffett of CrimeStoppers.

It would go unnoticed until the next month when the account holder checked her bank statement.

"She called the bank, viewed the surveillance tape, did not recognize Jasmine Johnson and realized the check has been stolen," Buffett said.

But police say Johnson, who has convictions for drugs, forgery and contempt, wasn't done trying her luck. Police say it would be about 6 months later, around Christmas time and JohNson would come here to the bank's Kalaha branch. This time she tried to cash a counterfeit check from a business account.

"But this time the numbers on the checking account are out of sequence and the teller went to the supervisor," Buffett said. "They called the complainant. The complainant said she did not authorize that check. Came down to the bank, and realize the check was counterfeit. It was smaller than normal.

"They've got high tech printers now," she continued. "It's very important that you monitor your bank statements every month and anything that's out of the ordinary that you're not familiar with you contact the bank."

Johnson fled the bank but was later arrested after being identified in photographic line up, but police say Johnson would never showed up for court.

She's described as a Hawaiian woman about 5-foot-2, 176 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Johnson's known to frequent Honolulu, Waipahu and the west side and is known to stay at Waikiki hotels.


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Last Updated ( March 12, 2008 08:40 AM )
 
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