PNC Bank cashed three fake checks for $40K, fraud victim says. She wants her money back.
By Karin Price Mueller
Published on April 5, 2026.
Grete Machin, owner of a trucking company that transports fuel and oil deliveries, was left with $40K after discovering three fake checks in her PNC account. The fraudulent checks were created with a California woman's name and business account numbers on them. Machin went to the local PNC branch in Warren, where a manager advised her to leave the account open so it could be returned. However, another fraudulent check was processed on Feb. 1. Despite filing a police report and filing complaints with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Internet Complaint Center, or IC3, Machin was left out $40,000.
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