Clackamas County deputies are asking the public to help identify a woman accused of cashing a counterfeit check at a Wilsonville credit union using a stolen driver license and bank card. New photos of the woman were just added to the sheriff's office's #CanYouIDMe webpage, and investigators say the case stretches across three Willamette Valley counties.
According to the Clackamas Sheriff, the pictured woman fraudulently used a member's driver license and bank card to cash a counterfeit check at the Oregon State Credit Union in Wilsonville on June 26. The sheriff's office also says she reportedly attempted to cash a counterfeit check at the credit union's Woodburn branch that same day. The victim's identification documents were reportedly stolen in Independence, Oregon, according to the agency.
The case, logged under CCSO case number 26-012632, involves suspected identity theft, forgery, and theft by deception, per the sheriff's office. Oregon State Credit Union, founded in 1954 in Corvallis, operates branches across western Oregon, including the Wilsonville location on SW Gwen Drive and the Woodburn branch on Mount Jefferson Avenue named in the incident, according to Oregon State Credit Union.
A Trail Spanning Three Counties
The alleged scheme traces a path along the Interstate 5 corridor, starting with the theft of identification documents in Independence, in Polk County, before the suspect allegedly tried to cash checks at credit union branches in Woodburn, in Marion County, and Wilsonville, in Clackamas County, according to regional mapping data cited in the case background. That kind of multi-county footprint is consistent with how check fraud schemes typically unfold, according to federal advisories from the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which note that such schemes often begin with the physical theft of mail or wallet documents that perpetrators then use to impersonate victims at bank and credit union tellers, per the Internet Crime Complaint Center.
Angela Brandenburg serves as sheriff of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, which is asking anyone who recognizes the woman in the photos to come forward. The office's tip line, mentioned above, no matter how small the detail seems, was set up specifically to help crowdsource identifications in cases like this one.
How to Submit a Tip
Residents who recognize the woman can call the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office tip line at 503-723-4949 or submit information through the agency's #CanYouIDMe web portal, according to Clackamas County. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the ClackCo Sheriff mobile app, available on iOS and Android, per the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
What the Charges Could Mean
If identified and charged, the suspect could face serious penalties under Oregon law. Both identity theft under ORS 165.800 and first-degree forgery under ORS 165.013 are classified as Class C felonies in Oregon, carrying maximum statutory penalties of up to five years in prison and fines as high as $125,000, according to Justia Law. If the suspect has prior felony property convictions, Oregon's repeat property offender sentencing guidelines under ORS 137.717 would impose a mandatory presumptive prison sentence of 13 to 24 months, according to FindLaw.
Part of a Broader Fraud Surge
The Wilsonville case lands amid a documented statewide and national surge in check fraud and identity theft. Reported financial fraud losses in Oregon reached $124 million in 2024, a 285 percent increase compared to 2020, according to the Oregon Center for Public Policy. Nationally, financial institutions filed more than 680,000 Suspicious Activity Reports related to check fraud in 2022, and mail theft-related check fraud accounted for over $688 million in analyzed transactions in 2023, according to a trend report from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
Identity theft reports nationwide exceeded 1.15 million cases through the third quarter of 2025, putting the year on pace to surpass 2024's total of 1.13 million reports, according to consumer data compiled by the Federal Trade Commission and reported by The Motley Fool. It remains an open question whether the Wilsonville suspect acted alone or is connected to a broader regional identity theft and check-washing operation working along the I-5 corridor.
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office has pursued similar cases before. In February 2025, deputies arrested suspects following a Wilsonville burglary spree that ended in a soggy getaway attempt, recovering multiple stolen identity documents and filing identity theft charges in that case. In October 2025, a Molalla man was sentenced to 113 months for a string of Clackamas County crimes that included identity theft and forgery convictions.
