Chippewa Falls man gets prison for church check scheme

By: Associated Press//June 25, 2015//

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CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A 23-year-old man accused in a scheme to cash stolen checks from a church in northwestern Wisconsin has been sentenced to three years in prison.

The Chippewa Herald reports Isaac Lasiewicz of Chippewa Falls had pleaded no contest to financial crimes, misappropriating identifying information to get money and manufacturing and delivering cocaine. He was sentenced June 18.

Lasiewicz is one of two men accused of cashing stolen checks from Central Lutheran Church. Twenty-four-year-old Nathan Johnson was sentenced to four years of probation in May.

According to a criminal complaint, Johnson went into the home of a relative who is a church treasurer, and the church later said several business checks were stolen and forged. According to the complaint, Johnson was listed as the recipient on one check, while Lasiewicz was listed on an electronic check.

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