Vermillion Man Indicted on Forgery Charges
| U.S. Attorney’s Office September 28, 2011 |
Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Anthony H. Ross, age 46, of Vermillion, Ohio, with uttering forged securities of private entities.
The indictment charges that on November 19, 2008, Anthony H. Ross forged the endorsement of the payee and deposited a check drawn on the Allstate Indemnity Company in the amount of $73,407.95 into his checking account.
If convicted, the defendant’s sentence will be determined by the court after review of factors unique to the case, including the defendant’s prior criminal record, if any, the defendant’s role in the offense, and the characteristics of the violation. In all cases the sentence will not exceed the statutory maximum and in most cases it will be less than the maximum.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Gregory C. Sassé after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.