A New Jersey woman who was arrested in Augusta after allegedly forging a passport to try to withdraw money from a Wayne woman’s credit union account has since been indicted on federal charges. She also is said to have tried the same scheme at two in banks in Skowhegan and used deception to withdraw $5,000 each from two bank branches from another victim in Bingham and Madison.

Lisa Marie Hurley, 61, of Brick, New Jersey, was indicted by a federal grand jury, Nov. 12, on four counts of bank fraud, three counts of false use of a passport, and four counts of aggravated identity theft.

She pleaded not guilty to those charges Thursday in federal court in Bangor.

Those federal indictments follow an indictment of Hurley by a Kennebec County grand jury in October, on a charge of aggravated forgery. She allegedly added her photo to a Wayne woman’s passport and tried to withdraw money from the woman’s account at Connected Credit Union in Augusta.

A credit union clerk there recognized the name on the passport given to her by Hurley on July 31 as a longtime customer, who she knew personally, and thus knew neither the passport, nor account, belonged to Hurley.

Credit union employees declined to help Hurley access the woman’s account. They kept the allegedly forged passport, followed her when she left the credit union, and called Augusta police, who arrested and charged Hurley.

In a later interview with police, Hurley said she came to Augusta with a man she didn’t know, and said they had made several “stops” at banks and she communicated with him through an ear piece, according to an affidavit filed in court by Augusta police officer Jeffrey Stapleton. She also said she was being paid $5,000 to do what she was doing, but she had not received the money.

The federal indictment of Hurley alleges she did visit multiple other banks in Maine, July 30 and 31, getting $5,000 each from two of them, and trying, unsuccessfully, to use allegedly forged passports at two others. Those incidents appear to involve different victims than the Augusta case.

On July 30, the federal indictment states, Hurley went to three branches of the same bank and attempted to withdraw money from the account of another victim, whom the indictment does not identify, succeeding at two of those branches.

Hurley provided the victim’s name, date of birth and partial social security number at a bank branch in Bingham, asked for the account balances, and withdrew $5,000.

She then allegedly went to a branch of the same bank in Madison, and did the same thing, involving the same victim, snagging another $5,000.

Court documents indicate she also entered a bank branch in Skowhegan, and presented what she purported to be a U.S. passport, with her photograph on it, and the name of the same victim, but apparently did not get any funds at that branch.

On July 31, Hurley allegedly went to a credit union in Skowhegan and presented another fake passport, with the name and date of birth of a different victim than in the previous incidents. She asked for the account balance in order to withdraw money from the account, but does not appear to have been successful.

Documents filed in federal court in Bangor do not mention an accomplice working with her at any of the banks or the credit union, as she had told Augusta police. Prosecutors could not be reached for comment.

The federal indictment also does not name the bank branches involved in the alleged crimes. However, a complaint filed with Somerset county courts in Skowhegan, where Hurley was to make her initial appearance on five charges that appear to stem from the same incidents , indicates the two thefts occurred at Skowhegan Savings Bank branches in Bingham and Madison. She is facing one count of aggravated forgery, two counts of theft by deception and two counts of misuse of identification.

An indictment is not a determination of guilt, but it indicates there is enough evidence to proceed with formal charges and a trial.

In addition to pleading not guilty to the federal charges Thursday, Hurley was also appointed an attorney, Connor Mark Herrold, and was ordered to be held by a temporary order of detention, until her detention hearing, scheduled for Nov. 25.

Herrold could not be reached for comment.

Judge John C. Nivison issued an order that the parties in the case be ready for trial on Jan. 7.