Dodge Woman Sentenced for Bank Fraud

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Kristin M. Uhing, age 54, of Dodge, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 29, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for bank fraud. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Uhing to 15 months’ imprisonment and ordered that she pay $172,806 in restitution. There is no parole in the federal system. After Uhing’s release from prison, she will begin a 4-year term of supervised release.

Starting in about 2015, Uhing gained unauthorized online access to bank accounts and certificates of deposit owned by her mother- and father-in-law, an elderly couple who lived nearby. From then until 2021, Uhing used that unauthorized access to transfer funds from the victims’ accounts to her own account. Uhing kept the victims from learning about the unauthorized transfers by altering bank statements and by changing the account settings to paperless. Uhing also used the victims’ credit cards without authorization. In total, Uhing stole over $200,000 from the victims, which included all their retirement savings. By the time of sentencing, Uhing had paid back about $27,612. 

This case was investigated by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.