Charges Held for Court Against Man Who Assumed Estranged Husband’s Identity

| May 10, 2018

GavelVENANGO CO., Pa. (EYT) – A laundry list of charges including felony forgery and other related charges were held for court against a man who assumed the identity of his estranged husband.

According to court documents the following charges against 38-year-old Arthur Mark Kluck (Chapman), of Rochester, Pa., have been transferred to Venango County Court of Common Pleas:

– False Report – Falsely Incriminate Another, Misdemeanor 2
– False Identification To Law Enforcement Officer
– Forgery – Unauthorized Act In Writing, Felony 2 (five counts)
– Identity Theft, Misdemeanor 1 (four counts)
– Tamper With Public Record/information, Felony 3 (two counts)
– Unsworn Falsification to Authorities – Forged/Altered Document, Misdemeanor 2
– Tamper With/Fabricate Physical Evidence, Misdemeanor 2
– Theft By Unlaw Taking-Movable Property, Misdemeanor 1 (four counts)
– Receiving Stolen Property, Misdemeanor 1 (four counts)
– Theft By Deception-False Impression, Misdemeanor 1 (two counts)
– Secure Execution Docs By Deception, Misdemeanor 2 (two counts)
– Theft By Fail To Make Req Disp Funds, Misdemeanor 1
– Misapply Entrusted/Govt/Financial Institution Property, Misdemeanor 2

Kluck is free on a $25,000.00 surety bond posted by a professional bondsman.

The case is working its way through the court system.

Details of the case:

According to a criminal complaint, sometime between November 9 and November 14, 2016, Arthur Kluck (Chapman), who was separated from the male victim, signed a lease for an apartment in Monaca, Beaver County, Pa. Since that time, Kluck has not resided with the victim. After departing and living in Beaver County, Kluck continued to draw funds from a shared bank account. The victim closed that account to stop loss of funds he was depositing and established a new bank account in only his name as their marriage was ending.

Timeline of crimes:

On July 3, 2016, around 3:54 p.m., Kluck was stopped by Trooper Seybert of PSP Franklin on PA 8 South near the intersection with PA 308 for a maximum speed limits violation. During the traffic stop, when asked for his identification, Kluck presented the name and date of birth for the registered owner, his husband. Trooper Seybert issued the citation to Kluck in the name of the victim, the complaint states.

On July 18, 2016, Kluck traveled to District Court 38-3-04 in Seneca, presented the citation, and entered an official guilty plea by forging the victim’s name. Accompanying the guilty plea was a check in the amount of $148.00 bearing the victim’s signature. Once that information was forwarded to PennDOT, PennDOT sent official communication to the victim. (This, in turn, alerted the victim of the forgery), the complaint states.

On February 27, 2017, Kluck used the victim’s bank account to pay his Verizon bill in the amount of $256.21, the complaint indicates.

On March 30, 2017, at 3:35 p.m., Kluck traveled to a branch office in Baden, Pa., of the above-mentioned bank and obtained a withdrawal slip. He filled out the withdrawal slip in the victim’s name in the amount of $200.00 and forged the victim’s signature. The transaction was processed, and funds were received by Kluck, according to the complaint.

On April 3, 2017, at 4:06 p.m. Kluck traveled to the above-mentioned branch office in Baden and filled out a withdrawal slip in the name of the victim for $300.00 and forged the victim’s signature. The transaction was processed, and funds were received by Kluck, the complaint states.

On April 13, 2017, at 1:19 p.m., the victim submitted an affidavit of fraud at the bank’s branch office on two transactions. The branch bank accepted the loss and became the victim itself.

On July 12, 2017, at 4:26 p.m., Kluck traveled to the bank’s branch office in Baden and closed an account involving the victim and obtained $478.87, according to the complaint.

On February 24, 2018, at 9:15 a.m., the victim met with Officer Culp, of the Oil City Police Department, and provided him with multiple financial, court, government, and other documents that were physical evidence of the crimes committed by Kluck.

Following an investigation, on April 13, 2018, Officer Culp requested an arrest warrant for Kluck.


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