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Check fraud ringleader gets 2 years for racketeering Jeffrey Todd Wednesday Jun 21, 2017 at 3:15 PM Jun 21, 2017 at 3:15 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat The third and final accused ringleader in a check fraud scheme that targeted numerous local businesses has been sentenced to prison after admitting to a racketeering charge. Jeffrey Adam Todd, 28, was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting today in Jackson County Circuit Court to his involvement in more than 50 instances of check fraud that used bank account information belonging to a dozen businesses, including World Famous Auto and a local Burger King franchise, according to court documents and a release issued by the Jackson County District Attorney's Office. Todd will be responsible for $31,186 in restitution with co-defendants Melodie Dawn Pinner and Craig Sterling Knight, who both previously pleaded guilty to racketeering stemming from 56 fraudulently printed checks between July and October of last year. Victims were 14 businesses, nonprofits and agencies, including an Oregon Department of Justice child support account and the nonprofit Options for Homeless Residents of Ashland. Pinner admitted June 5 to using her equipment to print the fraudulent checks using banking information provided by Todd and Knight. She was sentenced to 60 months in prison after pleading guilty to the racketeering charge, along with her role in a separate, though similar, identity theft scheme involving fraudulent checks. Knight was sentenced to 48 months in prison after admitting in March that he accessed the bank account information and provided it to Pinner while he was working for a Klamath Falls car dealership. Knight previously admitted his methamphetamine addiction fueled the role. — Reach reporter Nick Morgan at 541-776-4471 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @MTCrimeBeat.