Michelle McFadden, 46, is alleged to have doctored paperwork to claim that a Scottish Police Credit Union account was empty at the time of her separation.
A police officer is to face court accused of a £4,600 attempted fraud by forging a document to be used in divorce proceedings.
Michelle McFadden, 46, is alleged to have pretended to her former partner, Mark McLennan, and two solicitors involved in the case at Paisley Sheriff Court, that a Scottish Police Credit Union account was empty at the time of their separation.
The charge states that McFadden knew that the actual sum in he account, which would have been deemed a joint matrimonial asset, was £4,600.
She is further accused of submitting a “forged copy” of the account to her solicitor, showing zero funds.
Court papers allege she pretend to have transferred the money to relatives and to a credit card account in November 2022, in a bid to conceal the true sum and attempt to induce solicitors Tony Caplan and David Forbes and her ex partner to accept that her “entitlement to a financial provision on divorce was more than it ought to have been”.
McFadden faces a single charge of attempted fraud, aggravated by the alleged abuse of her former partner.
She is alleged to have committed the offence between March 7 and May 1 2024.
McFadden’s address was listed in court papers as Police Scotland’s professional standards department in Dalmarnock.
The case called for a first hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Thursday.
The police officer was not required to attend court and her solicitor did not lodge a plea on her behalf.
Sheriff Paul Reid continued the case to a further hearing next month.
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