COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A 23-year-old Columbus woman will stand trial on forgery, theft and identity theft charges.

Fiama Montalvan is accused of opening a phony bank account and forging more than a dozen checks. Police say she did so to try to conceal the theft of thousands of dollars from a local payday advance business.

Montalvan, who was an office employee at the business, is accused of forging the signatures of Advance America customers on 15 fraudulent checks to hide cash thefts that were used to pay for personal expenses.

Montalvan is set to be arraigned on June 26 in Platte County District Court.

A phone listing for Montalvan could not be found.