A Black Rock, St Michael hairdresser initially told the police and a bank manager that the cheque she had tried to cash was payment for an injury received while working at a supermarket.Then, Latoya Roslyn Lucas said in a statement to the police that she had received that cheque moments before entering the bank from a woman in front of Cave Shepherd.Appearing in the No. 4A Supreme Court before Madam Justice Wanda Blair, she pleaded guilty that with intent to defraud, she tried to obtain $16 420.68 from First Caribbean International Bank (FCIB) Barbados Limited via a forged cheque dated January 24, 2014, made payable to herself, knowing the same to be forged.She also admitted to the second count that, with intent to defraud, uttered the said cheque for the same amount, dated January 24, 2014, made payable to herself, knowing it to be forged.Senior State Counsel Joyann Catwell, who is prosecuting the case, told the court that Karen Shaefe-Bynoe, the bank manager of the Broad Street branch of FCIB, was presented with a cheque from one of the tellers for $16 420.68 payable to Lucas. Suspecting it to be fraudulent due to the paper and signatures, she reported the matter to the police. A fellow manager phoned the supermarket and was told that it had not been issued by the company.When the police arrived, Shaefe-Bynoe went to Lucas, who was sitting, waiting for the cheque to be changed and took her to the office with the officers. The manager told them that the cheque was suspected to be fraudulent. When questioned, Lucas replied that she knew nothing about a fraudulent cheque and claimed she received it as payment after falling down and hurting an old injury while working at the supermarket during Christmas. Lucas was arrested on suspicion of presenting a forged cheque.