Thursday, May 24, 2007

Woman Sentenced For Forging Bankruptcy Judge’s Signature On Loan Documents

Kathryn Beekman Lowry, 43, Midland, Texas, was sentenced to six months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for forging the signature of a federal judge and an officer of the Court. In addition to the prison term, Lowry is ordered to pay a $20,000 fine, spend the first six months of her supervised release under home confinement and perform 300 hours of community service.

The defendant was charged with 4 counts of forgery with intent to defraud.  On February 20, 2007, Lowry pleaded guilty to four counts of forgery. Lowry admitted that in March 2006, she and her husband were in bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas. Despite being in bankruptcy, Lowry attempted to secure a loan for the purchase of a house in Midland. Lowry admitted that she created and submitted fraudulent bankruptcy discharge documents to loan providers to discredit credit reports. Three of the documents contained the forged signature of United States Bankruptcy Judge Ronald B. King; the fourth, the forged signature of Tony Ferrer, an employee of U.S. Chapter 13 Trustee Daniel R. O’Connell.

“It is mind-boggling how anyone could even conceive of forging a federal judge’s signature, let alone think they could get away with it. This case strikes at the integrity of the federal court system, and Mrs. Lowry deserves the stern punishment she received today,” stated United States Attorney Johnny Sutton.

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1. After working with Ameriquest for 7 months I though I had seen it all. It seems people will do anything for money like Ameriquest. How sad. I am glad sites like this exist great job.

   Posted by  on  05/26  at  11:23 AM

2. It sounds like she got off way too light.  Very probable within the next 5-6 yrs, we’ll see her name again, committing fraud, perhaps different circumstances but fraud is fraud.  What is the problem with making a honest living?  I’d love to hear her answer!

   Posted by  on  05/31  at  11:19 AM

3. This must be a rare case of forgery but i pity Ms. Kathryn Lowry for trying to get away with such a difficult and almost unescapable case.

   Posted by  on  06/04  at  04:12 AM

4. Hello,

   I have a question.  My dad filed for divorce after he found that my step mom had signed his name to a loan document.  The loan was for $80K.  Since then my dad has died before the divorce was final.  Could anything happen to my step mom for forging his signature?  There are a few issues we have but the main one is the fraudulent 80K loan.  The loan and divorce are in Oklahoma.

   Posted by  on  04/17  at  07:48 AM

5. Wow! Lowry is too brave to do that. Forging the signature of the federal judge and an officer of the court. I am really amazed of what she did.

   Posted by San Diego Scanning  on  01/21  at  08:01 AM

6. Kathryn from Texas has done what we all wanna do in this turbulent times , my full support to her for what ever she did.

   Posted by  on  02/11  at  08:06 AM

7. We should not try to do what Lowry did. That action or doing is not good.

   Posted by whitney  on  02/12  at  12:12 AM

8. Right..We should not try to forge somebody’s signature because it is not good.

   Posted by Free Article Directory  on  02/12  at  12:15 AM

9. This is a very rare case. I appreciate lowry in this situation. She is very brave.

   Posted by  on  02/19  at  06:01 AM

10. I don’t know why some people are so brave in forging other’s signature. And they know that it is bad but still they are doing it.

    Posted by Customized Corporate Gifts  on  02/20  at  06:57 AM

11. I do not agree to whitney. I am impressed with Lowry’s actions. I would have done the same if would have been in Lowry’s position.
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    Posted by sport enthusiasts  on  03/16  at  07:16 AM

15. Maybe Lowry think that he can get out for all those things. That she will overcome the forging of someone’s signature that she did. But she was wrong and now she’s in big trouble.
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    Posted by  on  03/17  at  03:33 AM

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