A Worland woman, Susan Barrett, born in 1993, is now the defendant in two cases involving fraudulent credit card payments withdrawn from unsuspecting Worland residents. 

According to an affidavit used in the first case, Barrett was initially arrested on Feb. 27, 2025, following an investigation into fraudulent withdrawals taken from a victim’s bank account. 

The victim gave law enforcement permission to review their banking information at Pinnacle Bank, and suspicious charges from six different credit card companies were discovered. Each company was contacted to verify the identity of the card holder, and all six confirmed it was Barrett. 

Allegedly, law enforcement found Barrett’s name connected to 19 withdrawals from the victim’s account. They were carried out between July 8 and Nov. 29, 2024, adding up to $15,000.93. 

The affidavit alleged that Barrett used her employment at the United States Postal Service to gain access to the victim’s banking statements and obtain their account number and routing number, then entered this information as a billing option for her credit cards. 

Following her arrest, an officer involved in the initial case alerted banks and federal credit unions in Worland to check for fraudulent activity on their customers’ accounts. 

Pinnacle Bank and Security State Bank reported back, each stating they had multiple customers who were potential victims of fraudulent credit card payments. 

As of March 15, law enforcement has allegedly confirmed that credit cards in Barrett’s name had made withdrawals from eight more accounts owned by Worland residents. Account owners were each interviewed and stated that Barrett did not have permission to access their accounts. 

It is suspected that Barrett obtained the banking information of the newly discovered victims in the same manner as the first victim. 

Allegedly, Barrett’s credit cards were used in 35 transactions involving the victims’ accounts, with dates ranging from January 2024 to February 2025, only stopping at the time of her arrest. Some of the fraudulent charges have been reversed by the banks at this time, but banking records indicated she had allegedly attempted to withdraw $16,563.81 across the eight accounts. 

Barrett has been charged with theft, forgery and identity theft for each of the nine victims, amounting to 27 charges against her between the two cases. 

Five of the victims had over $1,000 stolen from their accounts, and four had under $1,000. The breakdown of charges and their maximum penalties that Barrett faces are as follows: Four counts of misdemeanor theft, six months in jail and/or $750 fine each. Four counts of misdemeanor identity theft, six months in jail and/or a $750 fine each. Five counts of felony theft, 10 years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine each. Five counts of felony identity theft, 10 years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine each. Nine counts of felony forgery, 10 years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine each. Considering the possibility of sentences being run consecutively, Barrett could face up to 194 years of incarceration and/or a $196,000 fine. She was bound over to district court during a Washakie County Circuit Court preliminary hearing regarding the second case and 24 criminal charges on April 10.