A wig and a speedy tip from a bank teller helped Chapel Hill police arrest and charge two Florida women for forging stolen checks at a local Wells Fargo.
But police officials say identity theft cases like this are often difficult to catch in time.
A bank teller called the Chapel Hill Police Department on Thursday to report suspicious activity of two women, one of whom was wearing a wig.
Kimberly Ann Jones was arrested that day and charged with two felony counts of identity theft and six other felony counts.
She was also charged with four misdemeanors.
Meggan Zarrilli was also charged as an accomplice to the crime and arrested Thursday.
She is charged with one felony count of identity theft, one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and four other felony counts.
Chapel Hill police spokesman Sgt. Josh Mecimore said the women have been accused of cashing stolen checks in Chapel Hill at least once before.
The women were first reported by an employee at the State Employees’ Credit Union in Chapel Hill on March 14 for identity theft.