Trials set for West Milton couple accused of bilking Dayton company for thousands

DAYTON — Trials are set for a West Milton husband and wife who are accused of forging payroll checks and stealing thousands of dollars from a Dayton company.

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Christy and Jason Greider were indicted in May, but Christy Greider was not taken into custody until her arrest last month by U.S. Marshals in Illinois. She is being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

Christy Greider is charged with 235 counts of forgery, six counts of grand theft, six counts of theft and two counts of falsification. Her trial is scheduled for Nov. 13 in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.

She is accused of stealing employee paychecks and writing fictitious payroll checks for Morgan Services employees and for employees no longer working at the business where she was employed, Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. said previously.

Jason Greider is charged with 163 counts of forgery and 12 counts of theft. is accused of depositing forged payroll checks from his wife’s former employer — Morgan Services, 817 Webster St. in Dayton — into accounts that they controlled, Heck stated.

He was released from jail without bond following his May 16 arraignment and is awaiting a Jan. 6, 2020, trial, court records show.

>> West Milton man arraigned on 163 counts of forgery, 12 counts of theft

The Greiders were sentenced in July 2017 for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in Tennessee.

According to the U.S. Attorney General’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Christy Greider worked as a bookkeeper for M-3 Construction Inc., which helped elderly owners keep track of personal finances. The two were accused of using the company’s and owner’s credit cards to buy a boat, pool, furniture and a trip to Hawaii.

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