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A Racine woman is accused of siphoning more than $13,000 from the bank account of a Caledonia woman for whom she used to work as a caregiver.

Racine County prosecutors on Friday charged Kristine M. Blumm, 27, of the 2600 block of Jean Avenue, with felony personal ID theft and felony theft. She was charged after a Caledonia woman’s personal banker reportedly notified the woman that her checking account was overdrawn.

The woman told a Caledonia police officer on Thursday that money had been transferred out of her account multiple times and used to make payments on an auto loan at another bank, according to Blumm’s criminal complaint. Between July 2 and Nov. 17, $13,328.36 had been transferred from the account. Kristie Blumm was one of the people that loan was issued to, the complaint states.

The woman told police that Blumm worked as her caregiver for at least six years, but no longer worked for her.

Blumm allegedly told police that when she stopped working for the woman, the woman gave her a $1,000 check for being a good employee. Blumm said she copied the routing and account numbers on the check before cashing it, and made a payment on her car loan, the complaint states.