Sheldon J. Sperling, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced Tuesday that Ashley Nicholle Looper, 21, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy count.
"Looper was one of 14 co-defendants indicted in July," Sperling said. "Charges arose from an investigation by U.S. Secret Service."
Looper conspired with the co-defendants, who in January, passed counterfeit checks at federally insured banks in Oklahoma and Missouri. The checks were made using actual checking account numbers from personal checks that were stolen from mailboxes.
Sentencing for Looper will be set following the completion of a pre-sentence report.
The defendant remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service.
Looper faces up to five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.
