Rochester woman indicted in bank swindle scheme

Jennifer Dube

ROCHESTER - A Rochester woman has been indicted in the bilking of thousands of dollars from her Rochester employer by falsifying documents that led company officials to believe they were reimbursing her for tuition costs for college courses she never took.

Jennifer Dube, 35, of 24 Brenda Lane, received some 23 checks from the Profile Bank as payment for tuition over a five-year period. Each of the 23 indictments is for theft by deception in an amount more than $1,500, for a total amount embezzled of at least $34,500.

Dube apparently began submitting reimbursement forms in April of 2007 and over the course of five years submitted 23 vouchers in all, receiving checks in excess of $1,500 each time. The indictments say Dube swindled her employer by “creating or reinforcing a false impression … that she had paid for college course when, in fact, she had not.”

Each Class A felony count carries a prison term of 3½-15 years plus a $4,000 fine.  

The district attorney’s office refused comment on the case.

A phone call to a Profile Bank officer was not returned Thursday afternoon. 

An indictment is not an indication of guilt, only that a grand jury has found sufficient evidence to move forward to trial.