OIL CITY, Pa. (EYT) — An Oil City woman accused of gift card fraud is scheduled to stand for a hearing on Wednesday.

According to court documents, 49-year-old Bridget V. Greenwood, of Oil City, is scheduled to stand for a preliminary hearing in front of Magisterial District Judge Andrew F. Fish at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, on the following charge:

– Theft By Unlawful Taking-Movable Property, Misdemeanor 1

The charge stems from an incident that occurred sometime between 2:40 p.m. on November 9, 2018, and November 14, 2018, at a bank on Central Avenue in Oil City, Venango County.

According to a criminal complaint, Bridget Greenwood provided her account information to a third party who deposited three checks in the equal amount of $900.00 into her checking account at a bank on Central Avenue in Oil City. Once the funds were remotely deposited, Greenwood purchased gift cards and forwarded the information back to the third party via a text/picture messaging app.

The complaint states that “for (Greenwood’s) part in these fraudulent transactions, (she) received a total of $479.00.”

The bank lost a grand total of $2774.69 due to the alleged actions of Greenwood.

Greenwood also allegedly committed a series of similar fraudulent transactions through a banking account from another local lending institution.

Two transactions between December 12 and December 14: the first transaction in the amount of $1,000.00 and the second in the amount of $500.00. Greenwood received no proceeds for her part in these transactions. The bank lost a grand total of $1098.97 due to the alleged actions of Greenwood. Records of the transactions detailed above were provided by the lending institutions, the complaint indicates.

On March 10, 2019, Patrolman Culp, of the Oil City Police Department, conducted an interview with Greenwood at the Oil City Police Department.

During the interview, Greenwood allegedly admitted to her part in the transactions.

She stated that she was “helping a military man” who was abroad and in trouble and reached out to her in a chat room, according to the complaint.

Based on Patrolman Culp’s investigation, the charge was filed on Wednesday, April 17, and a certified summons was issued.