Two Centralia residents have been indicted in federal court on bank fraud charges.
26-year-old Matthew Woods faces three counts including possession of stolen mail, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
36-year-old Jessica Smith was indicted on one count of bank fraud.
The indictment accuses Woods of possession of personal checks and other items taken from an authorized mail receptacle on Nation Road in Salem knowing they had been stolen.
Woods and Smith, with others known an unknown to the grand jury, are then accused of devising, executing and aiding or abetting each other in a scheme to take money from People’s National Bank between July of last year and January 2022.
Wood is also accused of knowingly and without authority using the ID of another person during a felony violation.
Smith appeared in court on Monday and was released on a $5,000 appearance bond pending an August 15th pre-trial conference. Woods is set to make an initial appearance on Wednesday.
