An Iowa woman has been charged with theft crimes for allegedly swindling more than $32,000 in checks and cash from the U.S. Bank of Austin using an identification card she’d stolen from the victim.

Jennifer Lyn Wheelock, 29, has been charged with single felony counts of theft and theft by swindle. Currently an inmate of the Story County Jail in Nevada, Iowa, she will appear in Mower County District Court at an undetermined date.

According to the criminal complaint, Austin police met with a representative of the Austin branch of U.S. Bank to discuss the theft of $11,221. The representative said a woman identifying herself as a bank customer withdrew $32,721 in the form of bank checks, travelers checks and cash June 18 using an Iowa driver’s license.

The complaint said $28,700 in checks were issued to three parties: $15,000 to an Iowa-based attorney; $7,200 to a man; and $6,500 to Saturn of Rochester.

The largest and smallest checks were stopped before they were cashed. The $7,200 check cleared at an Albert Lea bank.

The complaint said the alleged victim reported a burglary and theft at the home she shared with another individual. She indicated that her Iowa driver’s license and personal checks had been stolen, according to the complaint.

Austin police received a phone call July 18 from the Ames Police Department of Iowa, which said that they’d allegedly positively identified Wheelock as the female who’d withdrawn the cash from the Austin bank, as well as the recipient of the $7,200 check.

The complaint added that the Iowa attorney who received the $15,000 was working for the defendant’s boyfriend, though was not a suspect and was cooperating with police.

The maximum penalty for Wheelock’s charges are 10 years in prison and/or $20,000 in fines.